Mitja Brgantbrgant.com
Work & Expertise

A career across packaging,
product development
and sustainability.

From sales, R&D and new business development to operations leadership and packaging-sustainability software - in Europe and the United States.

Areas of expertise

Where I focus.

These are the areas Mitja works and speaks on. Each reflects active, current work - in his role at Trayak, in his consulting practice, and through Breaking The Packaging.

Measurement

Life-cycle assessment

Screening and comparative LCA for packaging and products through Trayak's EcoImpact-COMPASS platform.

Regulation

PPWR & CEAP

The EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation and the Circular Economy Action Plan - and what they mean in practice.

Reporting

ESRS & Digital Product Passports

European sustainability reporting standards and the move from LCA data to legal declarations.

Strategy

Circular-economy implementation

Helping companies put circular-economy practices into operation in ways that actually work.

Packaging

Packaging & product development

Two decades spanning sales, R&D, analytics and solution-forming across packaging and products.

Commercial

New business development

Building new business models, market entry and commercial solutions across European and US markets.

Career highlights

The path so far.

Selected roles across more than twenty years in packaging, product development and sustainability.

2022 - present
Director, Europe Operations
Trayak
Bringing the EcoImpact sustainability platform to the European market and supporting companies with practical, data-driven sustainability.
Present
Founder
VerdaLynx
EU sustainability-compliance platform & advisory practice - PPWR, CSRD, EPD, LCA and Digital Product Passports.
2019 - present
Board of Directors
QuickTap Limited
Beer-dispensing technology company operating through an international network of licensed partners.
2016 - present
Founder & Author
Breaking The Packaging
Packaging-awareness initiative and the book of the same name, published in 2022.
2016 - present
Independent Business Consultant
Mitja Brgant s.p.
Developing new business models and solutions.
2014 - 2016
Chief Operations Officer
Forest Inc.
2009 - 2014
New Market Developer / Agent
Sealed Air Corporation · Balkans
Market development for a global packaging company.
2008 - 2010
Development Manager
Rock-a-Puck · Los Angeles, USA

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