Projects

Technical adviser to ASEAN customs administrations on green customs, compliance with the Basel Convention and other multilateral environmental agreements, and the classification of circular-economy and remanufactured goods under ATIGA and free trade agreements.

Following the WCO’s approval of new Harmonized System provisions, leading the adoption of the premix codes and interim measures in Nigeria and advising on exemptions and duty relief, suspensory regimes, fast-track clearance and automation, with light-touch support to the Ethiopia team..

Endorsed by the ASEAN Secretariat and Member States to lead regional roundtables of the ASEAN Customs Enforcement and Compliance Working Group and to produce an assessment of the illicit trade landscape, including origin fraud, circumvention and illegal transhipment.

A comprehensive review of the tariff structures and non-tariff measures, including sanitary and phytosanitary requirements, technical standards, licensing and border procedures, that affect Cambodia’s priority agricultural export value chains, with recommendations for reform..

Support to the drafting of the revised Law on Customs and its guiding decrees and circulars, including an article-by-article analysis against international good practice, the Revised Kyoto Convention and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, and recommendations to the legislative drafting team..

Assessed gaps in the Ethiopian Customs Commission’s valuation practice against national legislation and WTO and WCO standards, reviewed existing training material, and designed and delivered practical valuation training for the Commission, key stakeholders and the private sector..

Leading the development of a sixty-six country, measure-level baseline of the customs duties, import taxes and regulatory charges applying to micronutrient premix, including classification analysis, source verification, a master database and country profiles, and a transition mapping to the new HS 2028 subheading 2106.20..

Project set-up for the modernisation of Ethiopia’s customs management system: harmonised digital systems and an electronic single window, training to close capacity gaps in customs and valuation, and improved trade statistics and market intelligence for the private sector..

Co-designed and delivered a government and industry training programme on the Canada-Panama FTA and comparative rules of origin, building a train-the-trainer module, authoring the core content and co-leading seminars for officials, chambers of commerce and academia..

Designed and delivered provincial customs training on the inspection and determination of origin for imports and exports, with case-based guidance aligned to Vietnam’s latest origin procedures..

Assessed twenty-one benchmark reports and fifty-five indicators, validated their methodological fitness, and issued enhancement actions on cybersecurity, stakeholder engagement, sustainability and the governance of metrics..

Advisory spanning declarations, data and documents, authorised economic operators, bunkering and cross-border processes, benchmarked against the United Kingdom, the European Union and the UAE to embed global good practice and streamline compliance and facilitation..

Led the classification strategy for vitamin and mineral premixes and fortified foods, advocated for and secured the approval of new codes in the 2028 edition of the Harmonized System, and improved data visibility and downstream policy instruments for fortification supply chains..

International good practice on value management for the General Department of Vietnam Customs, with recommendations for risk-based valuation controls and governance to strengthen valuation integrity and the handling of disputes..

One-to-one dialogue with the Director General of Dubai Customs to map medium and long-term priorities, leadership strengths and focus areas aligned to Dubai’s strategic vision..

Assessed the Federal Customs and Port Security entity against the programme’s excellence criteria of capabilities, services, processes, enablers, innovation and finance, and produced actionable recommendations for performance improvement..

Quality assurance and supervision support to the Bureau of Customs modernisation project, whose objectives were greater transparency and predictability, harmonised processes, shorter clearance times, improved revenue and stronger security..

Defined the functional and technical architecture of the declaration management system, customs management system and national single window on the WCO Data Model, with a current-state assessment and target-state blueprint covering risk management, SAFE and AEO, post-clearance audit, warehousing, transit, free zones, origin, duty reliefs and excise..

A four-year programme to modernise the General Department of Customs and Excise’s risk management system: drafting selectivity rules and governance, producing the risk management compendiums, reviewing sub-decrees and inter-agency coordination, integrating with ASYCUDA, building cohorts of trained risk analysts and advising on the design of an authorised economic operator programme..

Piloted integrated risk management between customs and other border agencies and designed regional risk-sharing processes and tools to support selectivity and coordinated controls across the seven CEFTA parties..

A four-year assignment supporting Indonesia’s implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, including the establishment of the National Committee on Trade Facilitation and a capacity-building programme for government and the private sector, and a separate programme for the Ministry of Trade’s trade-remedy investigators..

Designed the impact-evaluation methodology for the Alliance’s advance rulings project in Madagascar: key performance indicators, baselines, counterfactuals, data plan and attribution logic to track gains in efficiency and compliance..

Strengthened Malaysia’s system for certification of origin across policy, process and institutional capacity, producing practical guidance aligned to international standards, delivering capacity building for the Ministry of Trade and Industry and partner agencies, and establishing a train-the-trainer pathway..

Designed the end-to-end customer journey across seaports, airports, land terminals, inland depots and free zones, identifying pain points, codifying service standards and key performance indicators, and recommending process and policy fixes benchmarked to regional and global leaders..

Assessed Dubai Customs against the Government Elite Model, validating achievements, evidence and indicators, and presented findings and improvement recommendations to the technical jury..

Feasibility and impact study for a private-sector-led National Digital Trade Platform, based on stakeholder interviews and a mapping of regulatory and technical options, with a phased implementation and governance model..

Designed and facilitated an APEC workshop on best practice in advance rulings, including simulation sessions and implementation checklists to help economies put Article 3 of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement into operation..

Legal and economic analysis of a minimum specific duty on tobacco against WTO obligations and customs law, producing policy options and scenarios to support an evidence-based amendment proposal for the GCC Secretariat..

Presented Vietnam’s expedited shipments programme to the ninth meeting of the APEC Alliance for Supply Chain Connectivity, distilling lessons, regulatory enablers and a practical roadmap for adopting Article 7.8 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement..

Co-designed and moderated a public-private workshop with the General Department of Vietnam Customs on expedited shipments, producing an action plan linking express-consignment facilitation to APEC and ASEAN best practice..

On-the-job rules of origin training under the EU interim Economic Partnership Agreement and a compliance guide with step-by-step procedures and templates, addressing the conformity, quality and documentation requirements for competitive fisheries exports..

Legal and procedural guidance for port, airport and land operations under the modernisation programme, with policy notes, updated standard operating procedures and a key performance indicator framework to support execution..

Process redesign across import and export, governance and performance management, and targeted facilitation controls aligned to international good practice..

An end-to-end customs compliance review of manufacturing and distribution operations in southern China, diagnosing valuation, classification, origin and procedural risks and producing a corrective-actions register and revised operating procedures..

Led multi-stakeholder consultations, mapped the trade facilitation landscape and donor synergies, and delivered a phased cooperation plan with measurable outcomes for the Alliance’s engagement in Indonesia..

Workshops with the Central Board of Excise and Customs and the WCO Cell on valuation, the SWIFT single window, authorised economic operators, the Trade Facilitation Agreement, advance rulings, expedited shipments, integrated risk management and intellectual property enforcement..

Analysed legal and regulatory instruments and global and regional practice to specify the customs, trade and transit facilitation documents required to implement the AfCFTA, producing an adoption roadmap and model documents..

Assessed the Federal Customs Authority against the programme’s excellence criteria, validated evidence and indicators, and issued prioritised improvement actions tied to the federal strategic customs plan..

Technical assistance and training on the rules of origin of the EU Overseas Association Decision, with island-specific guidance on benefits, compliance steps and documentation..

Review of Niue’s customs legislation and regulations, with in-country consultations among air and sea clearance stakeholders and recommendations for amendments to streamline procedures and facilitate trade..

Drafted the implementation terms for Mozambique’s Category C commitments under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, covering publication, advance rulings, release and clearance, expedited shipments, border agency cooperation and formalities, with prioritised sequencing and institutional responsibilities..

Assessed the Abu Dhabi Customs Department against the award criteria, benchmarked it against regional peers, and delivered a gap analysis and recommendations linked to its strategic plan..

Assessed the Department of Customs Affairs and the Department of Marine Affairs, benchmarking strategy, services, processes and enablers and delivering prioritised actions to raise performance and stakeholder outcomes..

Designed a WCO-compliant risk management system covering goods, conveyances by air, road, rail and sea, and passengers, with a risk taxonomy, targeting rules, governance workflows and a national risk register addressing revenue loss, contraband and controlled goods..

Co-led the identification and formulation of the Cambodian envelope of EU trade-related assistance, producing the action document and implementation roadmap through desk review and stakeholder consultation..

Supported the redesign and transition of the Ghana Revenue Authority’s tax and development programme, advising on the customs components and reviewing the Authority’s strategic plan to align organisational change with modern customs practice..

Built and led the Asia-Pacific customs offering across nine ASEAN Member States, advising multinationals on compliance and facilitation, and working on ATIGA, the ASEAN Single Window, the ASEAN Customs Transit System and the major regional free trade agreements..

Led delivery of the Malawi Trade Portal: end-to-end collation of the regulatory dataset, legal and procedural mapping, formatting and upload, and the content governance needed to keep the information current and accessible to traders..

Chaired the trade facilitation workstream of the five-country programme, driving the removal of barriers, the promotion of services trade and resource mobilisation, and coordinating cross-country action plans and monitoring..

Led some 650 officers and around one billion US dollars of annual customs, excise, import VAT and environmental tax revenue.

Represented and negotiated for Mauritius at the COMESA Heads of Customs, the SADC Sub-Committee on Customs Cooperation and the Indian Ocean Commission, managing migration to the COMESA Common Tariff Nomenclature and Common External Tariff, domestication of the customs management regulations, and work on preferential origin, non-tariff barriers and coordinated border management..

At the invitation of the Minister of Finance, sat on the four-member panel that selected the Commissioners for Customs and General Services of the Office Togolais des Recettes, the first semi-autonomous revenue authority in francophone West Africa..

Represented twenty-four administrations on the WCO Council and Policy Commission, chaired the regional Council meetings, and oversaw the regional capacity-building architecture of the Regional Office for Capacity Building, three regional training centres and the intelligence liaison office, including the Finland-funded regional capacity-building project..

Support to the Export Promotion Bureau in automating and managing certification under the EU Generalised System of Preferences: review of OLAF findings, mapping of DG TAXUD requirements for information exchange and online verification, assessment of readiness for the REX system, and specification of the ICT and training needed..

Led the policy, regulatory and institutional review of border-management soft infrastructure at priority crossings, recommending international practice, automation and single window measures, and a sequenced reform roadmap for the four countries..

Supported the scheduling and verification of WTO commitments and delivered a five-day workshop in Windhoek for more than fifty participants on interpreting schedules, identifying market-access opportunities and barriers, and preparing negotiating positions..

A gap analysis against the WCO SAFE Framework and the EU Customs Blueprints, a roadmap for SAFE compliance, awareness seminars for Customs and a workshop for trade representatives on AEO-aligned security controls..

Led a four-person team to gather and transpose trade data to the 2007 Harmonized System and update the EPA data tool, then facilitated a regional market access workshop enabling Pacific ACP states to finalise their offers ahead of negotiations with the European Commission..

Reviewed intellectual property law and enforcement resources, authored an intellectual property enforcement handbook for customs, and delivered seminars on tackling sophisticated counterfeiting techniques at the border..

Reviewed integrated border management along priority corridors, covering crossing design, ICT and inspection equipment, integrity, risk assessment, intelligence exchange, one-stop controls, authorised operators and post-clearance audit, and led the regional training needs analysis and supply chain security training..

Assessed the legal and procedural framework and supported the Ministry of Industry and Trade in drafting the Prime Ministerial decision on the issuance of certificates of free sale, with streamlined procedures and verification controls..

Corridor reviews using UNESCAP methodologies, drawing on more than fifty meetings with a hundred and twenty stakeholders across five states, mapping documentary and control requirements at border crossings and proposing inspection selectivity, reduced duplication and stronger donor coordination..

A ten-day train-the-trainer programme for more than forty officers, combining theory, practical exercises and mentored business visits to embed supply chain security practice and AEO audit techniques in both administrations..

A ten-day WTO valuation train-the-trainer course for more than forty officers, pairing classroom modules with mentored business visits and producing case banks and evaluator rubrics to standardise practice..

A ten-day train-the-trainer programme on post-clearance audit and WTO rules of origin, with case banks and checklists to standardise application across both administrations..

Designed and delivered an AEO and supply chain security seminar aligned to the WCO SAFE Framework and the EU security regulation, mapped compliance gaps and issued a sequenced implementation plan ahead of Bulgaria’s accession obligations..

Key expert on a three-year programme covering the design of the national single window, the design and piloting of Vietnam’s authorised economic operator scheme, and intellectual property enforcement at the border, managing international and national experts and coordinating across government and the private sector..

Developed and taught modules on valuation, classification, origin, intellectual property and trade procedures, with practical exercises to embed the competencies required by the scheme..

A ten-day post-clearance audit train-the-trainer at the National Customs Academy, combining theory with mentored business visits and establishing audit workflow templates and evaluator rubrics..

A ten-day valuation train-the-trainer for more than forty officers and mission staff, introducing case-based valuation diagnostics, audit trails and documentation standards to improve consistency of determinations..

Lead customs trainer on a three-million-euro capability-building programme, delivering technical, managerial and institutional training and creating a competency-based curriculum for sustained professionalisation..

Advisory on the customs regime for the Batam Island export processing zone: process mapping, control framework and facilitation measures aligned to international standards for special economic zones, with legal and operational recommendations..

Ex-post evaluation of a forty-million-euro budget-support programme, assessing improvements in trade operations and export competitiveness and producing evidence-based recommendations for the design of the successor programme..

Led the team delivering the Customs Automated Processing System for HM Customs Bermuda, managing delivery governance, legal and process mapping, change management and cutover planning to digitise clearance workflows..

Review of free trade zone operations in Rayong and Singapore, assessing admission and exit controls, inventory accounting and duty-suspension regimes, and recommending harmonised good-practice measures..