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Martin is a Director of Across Borders Consulting with over 15 years’ experience in customs and global trade in Ireland, the UK and internationally with time spent working in customs/tax authorities, boutique consultancy and big 4 professional services firms Martin worked for over 6 years as a customs and trade specialist in HMRC and was involved in audits, advise, authorisations and approvals and in significant initiatives in HMRC such as AEO. Following this Martin worked in a boutique consultancy and then joined global accounting firm EY In EY Martin advised all scales of company including major multinational clients in sectors as diverse as pharmaceutical, retail, automotive, aviation, manufacturing and heavy industry Martin has led local, regional and global rollouts of trade compliance programs focusing on supply chain optimisation and cost reduction. Martin then worked in PwC as a customs and trade Director on a number of national and multinational clients as a senior resource and leader in the team Martin was heavily involved in Brexit assessments and projects with clients and government [email protected]

Ciarán has worked in a variety of consultancy and industry roles, always in the areas of customs, international trade, export controls and excise. Ciarán started his career in the Customs and International Trade team at PwC. He then went on to work with the Global Trade team at EY as a Manager, working on large multijurisdictional projects focused on cost optimisation and supply chain efficiency. Following his time in consultancy, Ciarán moved on to lead the Customs and International Trade function at a leading US Tech Multinational for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. His last role before joining Across Borders Consulting Limited was with Aptiv, a market leading company in the area of automotive components manufacturing. Ciarán led the Global Trade team at Aptiv. Ciarán has experience advising companies, internally and as a consultant on a wide variety of customs and international trade topics. He has been involved in the development of Customs and International Trade programs for a wide variety of companies, as both a consultant and in-house resource.