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.
As product launch cycles accelerate and SKUs expand, packaging has become a key factor in both competitiveness and time to market. At FBIF 2026, in collaboration with the China Packaging Federation, brand owners and packaging equipment and material suppliers will discuss how co-creation, quality control, and technological innovation can improve the execution of packaging innovation and accelerate industry-wide progress.
Topic 1 | R&D Efficiency and Quality Control
As packaging innovation accelerates, balancing development speed with quality stability has become a critical challenge. How can brands shorten development cycles while building robust internal systems to reduce variability between pilot production and mass manufacturing?
Topic 2 | Co-Creation Across the Packaging Value Chain
Effective co-creation helps bridge the information gap between brand needs and manufacturing capabilities. By enabling packaging suppliers to understand real brand scenarios earlier and more deeply, collaboration can shift from passive response to proactive participation, improving solution relevance, response speed, and the overall pace from concept to mass production, while enhancing system-wide efficiency across the value chain.
Topic 3 | Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection
As packaging structures, materials, and processes evolve rapidly, protecting innovation while maintaining open collaboration has become increasingly complex. Striking the right balance between knowledge sharing and confidentiality directly impacts R&D investment willingness and long-term competitiveness.