Sir Valdemar Reid Skellerup CBE (also Skjellerup, 22 December 1907 – 11 June 1982) was a New Zealand industrialist.
On their birth certificates, the original spelling Skjellerup was used for all five siblings born between 1907 (Valdemar was the oldest) and 1918 (his brother Peter was the youngest).
[2] Skellerup received his education at Ashburton High School and then at the University of Canterbury.
[1] He took over as joint managing director in 1955 upon his father's death alongside his brother Peter.
[3] In the 1973 Queen's Birthday Honours, Skellerup was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for philanthropy and services to industry.