Food and Drink Special Interest Group

Joseph Goldsworthy is a customs and trade specialist, with over 10 years’ experience in international trade.

Starting out his working career as a publican, Joseph quickly found his feet in international trade importing excise products from the USA, Norway and Europe.

Joseph was also the export liaison officer for a prominent food and drinks company specialising in SPS goods, before acting as a customs agent and developing trade and compliance programs across organisations in the South-West of England.

Joseph joined the Chartered Institute in 2025, and has broad international trade experience,  with specialist areas including Rules of Origin, Tariff Classification, Valuation, CDS and CBAM to name but a few subjects.

Dr. Kliemann has been a diplomat at the European Union Delegation to the United Kingdom since 2022. In her capacity as the Delegation’s agricultural and food counsellor she follows all relevant topics related to UK farming and agri-food trade, including on SPS matters. Before her time in London, Ms. Kliemann worked in various functions at DG Agriculture in the European Commission. A German lawyer by training, Dr. Kliemann spent many years practising EU antitrust and state aid law, at the European Commission, in a leading law firm, within private companies and at international organisations such as the EFTA Surveillance Authority.