Who Are Our Partners?
Are your clients and members struggling with new UK / EU trade rules?
We’re proud to work in partnership with international Chambers of Commerce, industry trade associations and professional services firms. Providing valuable, up-to-date trade intelligence to their members and clients, we take the worry out of international trade.
Gain Clarity on Trade with the EU and Beyond
With international trade training and expert import/export advice, your members, their customers and teams can be ready to trade with the world.
clearBorder is home to the most up-to-date, accessible knowledge, covering all things importing and exporting from choosing freight services to, export controls for military/dual-use goods and transporting products of animal origin (POAO).
If your advisors need support to help their clients trade with the EU and beyond, our border-ready training courses and consultancy advice are for you.
Partner with us and discover how you could benefit from more efficient trading.
Help your clients gain international trade confidence and improve their supply chain.
Provide a more efficient, confident and reliable service thanks to increased knowledge.
Get direct access to materials developed by leading industry experts.
Gain a better understanding of product rules and how to import & export specific goods.
Empower your team to get your members, their customers and clients trading seamlessly.
Let’s work together
Empower your team with trade expertise at your fingertips
As a leading partner for import and export knowledge, we can help you get your teams and partners border ready. Talk to clearBorder today.
Meet the team behind clearBorder
Chief Executive
Christopher Salmon
Christopher Salmon founded clearBorder to help businesses optimise trade. He has wide experience across trade and borders, working with businesses of all sizes and sectors as well as being closely involved in government border modernisation programmes. Christopher oversaw the border during the UK’s exit from the EU as Senior Adviser to Michael Gove MP. He has experience across all aspects of border processes, from IT systems to business requirements and port infrastructure.
Christopher was raised on a farm in mid-Wales and has over 20 years’ experience across government, business and in politics at local and national level.
Senior Consultant
Khyati Amin
Khyati Amin leads clearBorder’s strategic consulting work. She brings extensive experience as a strategy consultant with KPMG and deep knowledge of borders, supply chains and UK Government programmes from her work with clearBorder. She has worked on projects across sectors and led teams covering growth strategy, due diligence.
Khyati brings extensive experience of market analysis and business development from work with her faKhyati brings extensive experience of market analysis and business development from work with her family business, one of the largest industrial piping suppliers in India. Khyati speaks native Hindi.
Chairwoman
Mary Calam
Mary is clearBorder’s chairwoman, responsible for providing a sounding board for the CEO and internal team and assuring corporate governance.
Mary has extensive expertise in risk, governance and strategy, having worked at senior levels across the public and private sectors. Her government career spanned law enforcement, counter terrorism and national security, latterly as Director General for Crime, Policing and Fire in the Home Office. On leaving government, Mary joined McKinsey & Company, serving government and private sector clients around the world. She now holds a number of non executive director and trustee roles in public and private sector organisations and works as an independent consultant.
Customer Accounts
Rizwan Khan
Rizwan Khan manages clearBorder’s training services and provides on-hand advice to businesses moving goods. Rizwan supports clients with customs requirements, paperwork, SPS processes, audit preparations and recordkeeping. He assists customers with training courses and detailed import and export queries.
Rizwan brings extensive experience at the front end of customs and border processes from his work DHL Global Forwarding, Alpi and his time at clearBorder. Riz is an avid Liverpool supporter.
Senior Consultant
Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice leads clearBorder’s operational consultancy work. Sarah has 20 years of experience in customs and borders, including 15 covering export controls and advanced manufacturing. She has worked with advanced manufacturing, defence goods, dual-use items, research institutes and experimental technologies. Her expertise covers UK and US export control regimes (ITAR/EAR).
Sarah has a degree in law and professional qualifications covering UK, US, and EU border controls.
Business Support
Ugne Dapkeviciene
Ugne brings extensive business operations and office management experience. She is expert at navigating complex business processes and ensuring the smooth operation of business processes with UK and international clients. Ugne is a native Lithuanian speaker.
TESTIMONIALS
We found Clear Borders training to be well structured, relevant, up-to-date and informative. The real life imperfect examples they provided us with throughout the training, placed our team in the shoes of the retailers and required them to consider the impact of the decisions they have to make. The knowledge gained from this training will be invaluable when we’re assisting our customers.
Metapack
clearBorder’s training is a great way to ensure that teams have mastered the complexities of importing and exporting in a rapidly changing field. The courses are short and digestible, with plenty of practical information to get businesses trading confidently.
Stephen Adams, Senior Director
clearBorder advice is clear, informative, and available when we need it. It has proved invaluable in helping our team and partners navigate customs and shipping requirements in China, the EU and UK.
Jamieson Wellness Inc., Canada
“We’re proud to be working with Capita on their market development strategy for border management services and technologies"
Capita
"Clear Border has offered us in depth analysis and guidance on how we can improve our customs procedures, resulting in greater efficiency, not only in the day to day processes but in creating a robust Customs Policy.
Friendly and helpful…every question answered."
Denso
Expert insight and resources
We help you overcome border challenges
Our mission is to make trade borders invisible. To do that we want to share import and export knowledge in the most accessible way possible. Our resources hub is home to expert insights, thought-leadership and helpful tips.
5 Ways Digitalisation Is Revolutionising Customs
The Insider’s Guide to Trade in Food, Animal and Plant Products
