BREXIT is 10

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit Referendum, I reached out to colleagues across the customs and international trade industry in the UK, the EU and Geneva to ask them a couple of questions about key lessons, favourite memories and how the industry changed over time.

Big thank you to all the speakers.

Speakers, in order of appearance:

  • Peter Ungphakorn, Former WTO Secretariat information officer, author of Trade Beta Blog
  • Antonio Fernández-Martos, European Commission, Former member of the EU task force in charge of Brexit negotiations
  • Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast
  • David Henig, UK Trade Policy Project at European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) Director
  • Peter Foster, Financial Times World Trade Editor
  • Jodie Keane, Principal Research Fellow, ODI Global
  • Lorand Bartels, Professor of International Law University of Cambridge, Counsel at Freshfields LLP
  • Jamie Mcleod, Customs and International Trade Director at Crowe UK
  • John Clarke, Former Head of the EU Delegation to WTO, Member of the British Trade and Business Commission and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vice President EU-China Economoc Cooperation Council
  • Mark Johnson, Customs and Border Consultant at BorderWize, Former Kuehne+Nagel National Director for Customs and Trade Control
  • Lesley Batchelor CBE, International Trade Experts
  • Christopher Wingård, Senior Trade Policy Adviser, National Board of Trade
  • Angus MacNeil, Former MP and Chair of International Trade Committee of the House of Commons
  • Anna Jerzewska, Founder Trade & Borders
  • Marco Forgione, Director General Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
  • Simon Usherwood, Professor of Politics at the Open University
  • Dmitry Grozoubinski, Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade… and what you need to know about it, Executive Director Geneva Trade Platform
  • Emily Lydgate, Law Professor University of Sussex, Co-director of the UKTPO
  • John Alty, Former Head of Trade Policy Group in the Department for International Trade, Visiting Professor in Practice LSE
  • Brigite Derry, CEO of Derry Bros Shipping & Customs
  • Peter Holmes, Fellow of UKTPO at University of Sussex
  • Rem Korteweg PhD, Senior Fellow, Clingendael Institute
  • Robert Hardy, CEO and Founder EORI Group
  • Jun Du, Professor of Economics, Director Centre for Business Prosperity Aston Business School
  • Alan Beattie, Trade Journalist at Financial Times
  • Frank Dunsmuir, IOTA TWIN ‘Digital Borders Programme’ Adviser
  • Oscar Delgado, Trade Compliance Manager specialising in the textile & footwear industry,  Classification, Valuation & Origin
  • Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Former trade official at the European Commission, Senior Fellow at Bruegel
  • Yves Melin, Partner at Cattwyk, Brussels-based European trade lawyer
  • Pawel Jarza, Compliance & External Affairs Director, British International Freight Association (BIFA)
  • Sam Lowe, Partner Flint Global
  • Iana Dreyer, Founder and Editor of Borderlex: trade policy news website
  • Arne Mielken, Managing Director, Customs Manager Ltd
  • Sylwia Nowak, Global Trade Technology Manager Safran
  • Anand Menon, Director at UK in a Changing Europe