Meredith Osler (MO) Nelson (July 23, 1921 – October 1, 2021) was a Canadian businessman who was business executive at Kimberly-Clark.

During World War II Nelson served overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy as an Ordnance Artificer.

[4] He was there for only nine months before being offered a job as a KC Senior Vice-President and President of Newsprint, Pulp, and Forest Products North America.

[6] The group included the total business of pulp, paper, and lumber mills, as well as forestry in the United States and Canada, and had 6,000 personnel.

[1] In 2006 the Shirley H. & Meredith O. Nelson Fund was established, which gives awards to people raised on farms who wish to pursue post-secondary health care or engineering degrees.