Authors

Enrika Naujokė is the Co-Founder and Director of the company CC Learning, UAB (trading as CustomsClear), the developer of the customs and trade compliance knowledge platform www.customsclear.net and the Picoco AI software for compliance solutions. She is the editor of two customs journals. Ms Naujokė also serves as Director of the Lithuanian Customs Practitioners Association, organises industry-specific conferences, and contributes to the work of the Customs Consultative Committee in Lithuania. She is a certified customs broker with extensive experience across multiple EU countries and sectors, including logistics, manufacturing, and customs brokerage.

Now operating his own consultancy company, Anthony Buckley provides advice to a number of accountancy and other firms, and has experience of training in customs for Irish Exporters Association, CILT Skillnet and Chartered Accountants Ireland. Formerly Head of Revenue’s Customs Service, he led Brexit planning for Irish Customs up to mid-2018.  In his Customs role, he represented Ireland at EU discussions, and in the World Customs Organisation.

Ilona holds a PhD in Law and has been an associate professor at the National University "Odesa Law Academy" for the last 19 years, lecturing on EU and Ukrainian customs law. She is also a partnership lecturer at Vytautas Magnus University within the MBA study programme, 'Customs Process Management'. She has 20 years of experience researching customs-related issues. Her research interests include customs regulations in Ukraine, the EU and the UK, as well as issues such as customs value, tariff classification, the origin of goods and non-tariff measures in global trade. She is the author of around 100 scientific papers and other publications on various customs issues. She is a member of the editorial board of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal. She is also a member of the CustomsClear team. Topics: customs rules, customs value, tariff classification, origin of goods and non-tariff measures. Email: ilona@customsclear.net

Advocate for customs, indirect taxation (Purchase tax, GST, VAT), import, export, regulation, trade levies, international trade, shipping, forwarding, marine, aerial transportation, including court litigation. Omer has more than 15 years of experience in these fields. He holds a notary license as well. Omer serves as legal counsel of the Tel-Aviv customs agents and freight forwarders association. He worked in the biggest law firms in Israel dealing with customs and indirect taxation, also served in the Israeli district attorney and represented the State (customs authority). Author of many articles related to customs and international trade, including: classification, valuation, origin, customs compliance, and many more. His articles were published, among others, in the WCO magazine, Global Trade and Customs Journal, World Customs Journal, and in CCRM as well. Member of the editorial board of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management (CCRM) journal. Languages: HE, EN, AR, RU Service: consulting, legal Topics: classification, valuation, origin, customs compliance, and many more Industries: customs, indirect taxation (Purchase tax, GST, VAT), import, export, regulation, trade levies, international trade, shipping, forwarding, marine, aerial transportation, including court litigation

Ingrida Sakalienė has more than 25 years of professional experience in classification of goods, customs procedures and customs audits. Topics: classification, customs procedures, customs audits.

Michael Lux is advising and coaching persons involved in international trade on how to ensure compliance and how to save customs and excise duties, as well as VAT. Specific areas of Michael's expertise include: anti-dumping and countervailing investigations and duties, tariff classification, tariff quotas and suspensions, preferences, customs valuation, origin, customs procedures, customs debt and guarantees, customs protection against goods infringing intellectual property rights, applications for centralised clearance and other simplified procedures, AEO status, the consequences of Brexit CBAM and EUDR, legal advocacy with the EU institutions and national authorities, training and lectures on these subjects. Michael Lux is a former Head of Unit ‘Customs Legislation’ and ‘Customs Procedures’, EU Commission. Achievements include the introduction of centralised clearance (so-called single authorisations), the e-Customs decision, the elaboration of the Modernised Customs Code, contributions to the Union Customs Code, and successful representation of clients before national customs authorities. Services: advising, coaching, training Topics: anti-dumping and countervailing investigations and duties, tariff classification, tariff quotas and suspensions, preferences, customs valuation, origin, customs procedures, customs debt and guarantees, customs protection against goods infringing intellectual property rights, applications for centralised clearance and other simplified procedures, AEO status, the consequences of Brexit CBAM and EUDR, legal advocacy with the EU institutions and national authorities

Dr. David Savage has worked in the area of Customs and International Trade since 2003. Currently serving as the Head of Customs Advisory at Deloitte Ireland, David has a career spanning over two decades in both the public and private sectors.David spent fifteen years as a Chemist in the Irish Customs Laboratory where he advised Irish Customs on tariff classification. He served as the Irish delegate on several European Commission and International committees, including the Customs Code Committee and the World Customs Organisation's Scientific Sub-Committee.Transitioning to the private sector, David joined BDO Ireland as a Senior Manager in the Customs and International Trade Services department, where he worked with clients to negotiate the changes to the Irish and UK trading environment associated with Brexit. He also led initiatives in trade-related ESG topics such as CBAM an EUDR.David's current role at Deloitte Ireland involves overseeing Customs advisory services, making representations to EU and national customs authorities, and advising clients on tariff classification and origin matters. His strong technical knowledge, research skills, and exceptional client relationship focus have been instrumental in delivering results and driving the development of service offerings.David has been a member of the editorial board of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal since its inception in March 2020.

Gediminas Valantiejus is an Attorney-at-Law, lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania), Faculty of Public governance and Business, providing lectures and seminars on subjects of EU tax and customs law. Gediminas defended his PhD dissertation in the field of legal regulation of customs duties in the European Union in 2019. His research areas include international economic and trade law, EU and national customs law, taxation of international trade, legal regulation of trade with BRICS countries. Gediminas Valantiejus has published more than twenty peer-reviewed scientific articles and other scientific and practical publications on these topics, participated in tax research projects of EU institutions, prepared studies and proposals for improvement of legal regulation of import taxes in the EU and Lithuania. He is also a regular speaker at international scientific conferences on customs and import tax issues, and has completed internships at the Academy of European Law (Germany) and the University of Leiden (Netherlands). Dr. Gediminas Valantiejus Law Firm GVLEX represents natural and legal persons in the Republic of Lithuania, defending their rights and legitimate interests in tax disputes (including disputes with customs authorities), administrative cases (including cases of administrative offenses), provides conclusions, recommendations, consultations and prepares procedural documents. More than 20 years of experience of legal work of the Attorney-at-Law dr. Gediminas Valantiejus, specializing in tax and customs disputes and consulting, as well as in related academic activities, allows to offer comprehensive solutions to virtually all relevant issues of international trade, customs or tax and customs regulation or related questions involving both the European Union. Union and the law of the Republic of Lithuania.

J. Mark Rowbotham MA FCILT is an International Consultant, Trainer and Writer in Customs and Excise Compliance and Risk issues, as well as other areas including International Trade, Import and Export Controls, VAT concerning Imports and Exports, Oil & Gas/Renewables Offshore, Defence, Security and Marine Logistics issues. He has spent a considerable length of time working in both the Government, Commercial and Academic sectors. He deals primarily with Compliance, Control, Procedural and Risk Management issues in Customs and Excise, including Export Controls and Licensing, Import Duty Reliefs and Origin, and is a consultant and trainer in these issues as well as International Trade, the Supply Chain, Finance and Indirect Taxation courses. He is also a specialist in Freeports and Free Zones, both in the UK and overseas, and has written papers on the subject for various conferences. He has written a book on Freeports and Free Zones, which was published in February 2022. He was originally an Officer in HM Customs & Excise, dealing with Import and Export Controls on maritime freight traffic into and out of UK Ports, and became an independent consultant and trainer in 2000, dealing primarily with Customs compliances, procedures and documentation. He advises on these issues, and undertakes training, advisory and consultancy work in these areas. He gained a Masters’ Degree in International Relations in 1995, as well as a graduate qualification with the Institute of Export, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK). He has written extensively on the subjects of Customs, International Supply Chain and Marine Compliance issues for a wide variety of International Trade and Logistics publications and journals, and has had 4 books published. The first, in 2008, was entitled “Introduction to Marine Cargo Management”, with the Second Edition published 2015. The second, published in 2021, is called “Cybernetic Synergy”, concerning the use of cybernetics in business, and a third, on the subject of Freeports and Free Zones, was published in February 2022, followed shortly after by a book on Marine Break Bulk Cargo Management. He also advises several Chambers of Commerce in the UK on Customs, VAT and International Trade issues, frequently delivering consultancy, advice, training courses and seminars/webinars on these subjects, as well as on Tax and Revenue Risk Management. He is an accredited trainer in Customs & International Trade for the British Chambers of Commerce, and is also an adviser to the Department of International Trade on Customs, Excise and VAT Procedures pertaining to international trade.

Dr Anna Jerzewska is trade facilitation expert with over 18 years of experience. She is the co-chair of the Trade Facilitation Committee at the British Chambers of Commerce in Belgium, a member of the UK Customs Thematic Working Group and an Associate Fellow of UKTPO. She’s a former customs consultant for PwC, EY and KPMG in London and a former Deputy Director at HMRC, UK customs authority. Anna advised a wide range of public and private sector clients - from individual companies to governments and international organisations. Her publications, webinars, media and select committee appearances can be found here.