Tom McGrath

With over 35 years of distinguished service in customs auditing and investigations, Tom is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the field. Throughout his career, he played a critical role in shaping and executing customs compliance strategies for the Irish Revenue, the European Union, and Europol. As the former Head of the […]
Conor Anderson
Dr Laura Beretta

Laura Beretta advises companies on EU Trade & Customs Law, including excise duties, EU export controls, trade sanctions/embargoes and customs law matters. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience at the SDA Bocconi University in Milan as well as in in other international teaching programmes. Professionally based in Brussels, she routinely works also in […]
Bertrand Rager

Bertrand Rager, our lead educator, will teach the Risk Analysis and Compliance Module. He is an international corporate lawyer based in Paris who specialises in Customs organisation, indirect tax and export compliance. He is also qualified as a French chartered accountant. He has a unique combination of industry and consulting experience, having worked with Ernst […]
Tony Buckley

Tony Buckley is the former Head of Irish Revenue’s Customs Division. He has over 40 years’ experience in operations, policy and project delivery, including as a senior civil servant in several government departments. Most recently he has been advising and training companies on the new EU-UK trade relationship and helping them complete documentation. Tony will lead […]
Dr Santiago Ibáñez Marsilla

Dr Santiago Ibáñez Marsilla is a Tax Law Professor at the University of Valencia and Customs Law expert. He directs the Jean Monnet Chair “EU Customs law” granted by the European Commission. He teaches postgraduate customs law courses at several universities (Munster, Germany; Rosario, Colombia; San Carlos, Guatemala; Antwerpen, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands) and has trained the […]
Luc Baetens

Luc Baetens is an expert in Supply Chain Management and works with industrial companies to improve the performance of their supply chains and operations. He specialises in global footprint design, sales & operations planning, supply chain planning and forecasting, inventory optimisation and operational excellence. He has a wealth of experience in overall company management, finance, accounting […]
Lucie Cordier

Lucie Cordier is a Trade and Export Compliance Lawyer active in the aerospace and defence sectors. She has dealt with air, civil and commercial litigation within international law firms and assists her clients on issues relating to strategic goods, including military and dual-use goods. She is also interested in space-related issues and she won in 2017 […]
Dr Jan Bohanes

Jan Bohanes joined the ACWL in September 2010. Previously, he was a member of the Secretariat of the WTO’s Appellate Body from 2002 to 2006. In that capacity, he provided legal and administrative support to Appellate Body Members in appeals of WTO panel reports, as well as in arbitration proceedings to determine the reasonable time […]