Customs Procedures and Documentation

A trade and customs specialist at the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade academy, Andrew Bridges has over 25 years’ experience working in international trade and has been a member of the Chartered Institute since 2020.

He has extensive knowledge of shipping, logistics and other aspects of cross-border movement of goods. Bridges also has 16 years’ worth of experience of moving foodstuffs, military equipment and car parts, especially in North America and China, and has extensive knowledge of the aerospace and defence sector.

Roger Marshall has been involved in international trade for over 40 years. After spending 5 years with Sainsbury's in the buying department, where he worked on importing animal products from New Zealand  and Denmark, he spent 13 years working for one of Japan's largest trading companies.

As such, he has been involved in trading a variety of different commodities, ranging from Russian timber to rare earth critical minerals. He has also been involved in the financing and development of electronics production in Eastern Europe and has helped to build up trade in consumer electronics to major UK & European retailers.