Chief Executive – The Packaging Federation
Dick Searle has spent the 58 years of his working life in the Packaging Industry. For over 30 years, before running The Packaging Federation, he had been CEO of a number of packaging groups including two quoted companies. His career has covered most of the material sectors of the industry and he has experience of both large and small companies.
The Packaging Federation is the over-arching Federation for the UK Packaging Manufacturing Industry and its membership includes many packaging companies and all of the industry’s material sector trade associations.
Dick is a passionate believer in the Packaging Industry and the very positive contribution that it has made to society at large – both in terms of its products and its substantial contribution, as a major manufacturing industry, to the UK economy. He has been Chief Executive of The Packaging Federation since 2006.
