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Customs Professional Award 2025
27 January @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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To recognise the essential nature of their contributions, the International Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (ICC Belgium) will organise this year a third edition of the Customs Professional Award with the sponsoring of, among others, KPMG, General Administration, of Customs & Excises, the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB), and the Belgian Chambers of Commerce. This award highlights and celebrates the achievements of professionals in customs, trade compliance and other import-export departments.
4:00 pm – 4:05 pm | Welcome by Julie Deré, Secretary General of ICC Belgium
4:05 pm -4:15 pm |Introduction by Frederik Cappelle, Partner – Head of Global Trade, Customs and excise practice at KPMG Belgium
4:15 pm – 4:35 pm | Wendy Van Vlasselaer, Advisor Export Formalities and Customs and Hervée Claeys, Project Officer International Business, Voka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Voka Mechelen-Kempen
4:35 pm – 4:50 pm | Belgium’s Role in the WCO’s International Customs Ecosystem by Kristian Vanderwaeren, Director General of the Belgian General Administration of Customs and Excise within the Ministry of Finance and Belgian DG at the WCO
4:50 pm -5:10 pm | Meet the Jury
5:10 pm-5:25 pm | Meet the nominees (part I)
5:25 pm -5:35 pm| Meet the nominees (part II)
5:35 pm- 6:00 pm | Award Ceremony
§:00 pm – 8:30 pm | Cocktail and walking dinner
CO-CHAIRS:
- Isabelle Grippa – CEO of hub.brussels
- Piet Demunter – CEO at FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE
- Michel Kempeneers – Director General International Affairs at AWEX
MEMBERS OF THE JURY:
- Frederik Cappelle, Director in KPMG’s Global Trade & Customs practice
- Tom De Ridder, Expert VAT, Customs & Trade compliance and winner of the Customs Pro Award 2023
- Nele Derynck, Head of Non-Fiscal Legislation at Belgian Customs
- Jeroen Dhanens, Director Corporate Affairs & Communications at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) for Belgium and Luxembourg
- Pieter Hasaert, Global customs & trade expert at AEB
- Thierry Piraux, Employed at Central Administration – Customs Legislation Department – Advisor, in charge of the Union Customs Code (reform) & e-commerce Customs regulations
When?
Register here : Registration event – Customs Pro Award