Management Services – Avant-Tout

Avant-Tout Management Services
Organised. Efficient. Effective.

Avant-Tout provides management services to deliver clients’ strategies.

Current Industry Clients & Roles

FIA^UK

Consultant CEO

Debbie Waldron-Hoines as Consultant CEO of FIA^UK organises & manages events, practices financial governance, oversees marketing plans, manages membership and partnerships, takes part in lobbying, training & education and general projects.

FIA^UK Ltd (The European Flexographic Industry Association) is the UK trade association for the flexographic industry and provides a range of services for its members, supporting the entire flexographic packaging supply chain from designer to printer to retailer to waste and recycling.

FIA^UK supports and promotes the industry through various mechanisms including networking events, promotion of the flexo process, technical advice, education and training, health and safety support, human resource information and industry lobbying.

Current Industry Clients & Roles

WIP (Women In Packaging)

Co-Founder

Debbie Waldron-Hoines is Co-Founder of Women In Packaging UK, an initiative aiming to connect, support and recognise female employees across the diverse packaging industry from packaging concept to consumer and everything in between.

Current Industry Clients & Roles

FTA Europe Board

Treasurer

Debbie Waldron-Hones is a one of the founders of FTA Europe, Treasurer of the Board and instrumental in creating the Biennial Diamond Awards.

FTA Europe is the association representing the common interests of the European Flexographic printing industry. The members are Europe’s national associations. Flexo is the single largest printing process for packaging in Europe and the fastest growing sector.

Current Industry Clients & Roles

GPMA (The Graphics, Print & Media Alliance)

Vice Chair

Debbie Waldron-Hoines is Vice Chair of GPMA.

The GPMA consists of trade associations representing companies operating in the graphics and print media supply chain. Between them, the trade associations represent some 3,471 companies in the UK with an annual turnover of £15 billion and employ 106,000 people. The objective of the GPMA is to represent the interests of companies operating in the printing industry supply chain by providing a forum for discussion to formulate agreed positions, share experience and knowledge, streamline and co-ordinate advocacy activities and liaising with other industry associations and organisations.

Current Industry Clients & Roles

The Stationers’ Company

Freeman and due to be a 'Liveryman' shortly

Member of the Education Committee, Membership Committee and Northern Stationers

The Stationers’ Company is the City of London Livery Company for the Communications and Content Industries. It is a livery company with a strong reputation, striving to be the most effective independent business and social forum for the communication and content industries, actively contributing to the strategic development, success and education of these industries. The majority of the members work in, or supply, the paper, print, publishing, packaging, office products, newspaper, broadcasting and online media industries.

Avant-Tout has a number of offerings

Olga Munroe – Head of the Retail Institute

Debbie Waldron-Hoines was one of the key contributors to the Future of Packaging Collaborative Group. Debbie scrutinised flexographic print with the circular economy lens and created a cross-sector collaboration to address one of its challenges. She investigated and has taken forward a project on alternative routes for recycling printing plates.

To view the report and the group’s recommendations for the future please follow this link.

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Olga Munroe – Head of the Retail Institute

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Specialist Group for new Packaging Standards

Part of the team that created the new Packaging Degree Apprenticeship at Sheffield Hallam
Working on further packaging apprenticeships

Association of Association Executives

Member of The International Leaders Group for International, European and other regional associations
Member of the UK CEO Group

The Association of Association Executives supports employees and officers of membership organisations in raising their value and that of their services, products and events to members of their community.

IPIA Heroes

Part of the group to look at improving the perception of packaging

The Heroes Movement is an initiative to create positive communications and change the industry voice for good. The industry is facing misconceptions on its resilience, sustainability and future.

Past Experience

Roles in Labels, Reprographics and Corrugated sectors
Judge for The Stationers’ Innovation Awards
Judge for The Shine Awards
Judge for the Printing Charity Awards
Judge for ATF – French Flexographic Association