Bio

I am the Director for Customs Brokerage at UPS Europe, dealing with regulatory, training, systems and compliance. Besides my membership of the European Express Association and the Customs Taskforce of Business Europe, I serve as Chairman of the Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee at Amcham EU and vice-chair of its Brexit Task Force. Since January 18th, 2021, I am the chairperson of the Trade Facilitation Commitee of the European Express Industry. I represent trade at the EU Commission DG Taxud’s Trade Contact Group and am a subject matter expert in different customs working groups from the European Commission. I am the proud winner of the ICC’s Customs Professional Award 2020 and received the WCO’s Certificate of Honor for rendering exceptional service to the international Customs Community. I have more than 35 years’ experience in working with customs in different continents and am a passionate believer in fair and sustainable free trade.