Nigel Li currently serves as an independent director of a company proposed to be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and as a technical advisor to a packaging company.
Senior R&D Manager at Mondelēz International (formerly Kraft Foods), responsible for biscuit packaging development across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions.
Nigel joined Kraft Foods in 1997 as a packaging technologist. In 2001, he was named Packaging Manager of Greater China after the combination of Kraft and Nabisco. In 2008, after the integration of Kraft and Danone biscuit, he was named as R&D Manager of Packaging Development.
In 2011, he was promoted to current role as Senior R&D Manager after integration of Kraft and Cadbury. Product categories include: Biscuit, Beverage and Confectionary with brands of Oreo, Prince, Maxwell House, Tang, E-claire, Halls…He led the promotion of packaging upgrades for Oreo and other cookies from 2009 to 2015, including high-value and smaller packages, to meet consumers' demand for upgraded consumption and convenience.
As of 2021, Le Ngai Hung led a packaging development team of more than twenty people with members in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, India, Morocco, and Bahrain in the Middle East.
Prior to joining Kraft Foods, Nigel worked in Guangdong University of Technology as a lecturer of packaging for 9 years.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the South China University of Technology and a Master of Science in Mechanism from the same university in 1987.
In the food industry, fewer than 5% of new products succeed despite heavy investment. As price competition intensifies, innovation is key—but how can it be brought to market faster and more reliably? How can promising products win the “last mile” of launch? Packaging and supply chain capabilities play a critical role.
This session brings together 15+ brand packaging leaders and 15+ equipment and packaging suppliers to explore key factors across the development process, from R&D to collaboration models—identifying what drives speed and success in product launches.
Brands will gain clearer strategies for supply chain collaboration, while suppliers will better understand brand needs and market dynamics. By breaking silos and reshaping partnerships, the industry can move from isolated optimization to true co-creation, improving the success rate of new products.