Global Trade Live – Export Controls: A tool for economic and national security

Will Barns-Graham is the executive editor and content lead at the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade.

An experienced global trade journalist and event content specialist, he has been the host of the Chartered Institute’s industry-leading Global Trade Live webinar for almost a decade and is the lead editor of its Global Trade Today newsletter. He has also hosted, led agenda design and facilitated panels at various industry events, including the Import Export Show, Multimodal and the International Food and Drink Event.

Will has also been the lead content contributor on several collaborative projects with governments and business organisations in the UK and overseas. This includes the ‘Open to Export International Business Awards’ which resulted in the Chartered Institute being named a Small Business Champion by the World Trade Organization and the International Chamber of Commerce.

He is a NCTJ-qualified journalist, having gained a distinction on the Press Association’s Level 3 Diploma. He has also gained an MA in Social Anthropology from SOAS and a BA in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Oxford.

Adrian Bond has over 25 years of experience in strategic export controls and defence security, and a Chartered Electrical and Electronics Systems Engineer.  Adrian currently leads the Licensing Intelligence, Compliance Inspectorate, and Stakeholder Engagement Teams in the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), part of the Department of Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST).

Adrian’s 3 Teams in ECJU provides Strategic Export Control training to over 1000 new and experienced exporters across the UK each year, updates online content and guidance materials, responds to over 50,000 e-mail and telephone enquiries, carries out compliance inspections of 500 users of open licences, and reviews proliferation concerns with over 27,000 applications and enquiries each year.

Adrian’s civil service career started with the MoD in 1995, becoming the Technical Authority for the RAF’s Air Defence Radar fleet by 1999, before moving to strategic export controls in 2000.  Adrian spent 7 years as the MoD’s Defence Security Release of Military Information officer, 7 years as a Strategic Export Control Technical Officer, then 8 years as ECJU’s Business Awareness Training Manager training 2000 exporters per year, before stepping into the current role as head of ECJU’s Intelligence, Compliance and Engagement Team in 2022.

He leads engagement with businesses, trade associations and other partners to promote greater awareness of economic security risks and issues and of the support and guidance available from Government. Drawing on experience across international trade, strategy and project management, Dov previously led delivery for the UK Government's Trade Strategy and headed up the South Asia Export Support Service, helping UK businesses navigate opportunities in one of the world's fastest-growing regions. 
 
Before joining BIST, he completed the Civil Service's graduate scheme, the Fast Stream, working on projects spanning cybersecurity, business support and public service delivery. Dov studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford and is a PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Daniela Turiccki has worked in imports and exports for the past twelve years. She originally began her journey in the metal industry working with minor metals, importing and exporting globally. Importing raw material from China, Canada, USA and Peru, which was then manufactured into finished goods that were then exported worldwide. She has worked with agents and companies in EMEA, Asia, Australia, South America, USA and Canada. She has extensive knowledge of customs documentation, letters of credit, liaising with third party providers and managing key accounts for Blue Chip companies. She also has handled dangerous goods and shipped these via road, sea and air.

Daniela moved into the aerospace industry where she has in-depth knowledge of export licensing controls including ITAR/EAR, working on contracts with the US Government, UK Government and various military and civil customers worldwide . She has provided contractual support to businesses, reviewing tenders, prime contract proposals and RFQ’s, identifying contractual risk and associated mitigation, non-disclosure agreements, TAA and Memorandum of Understanding. She has also supported in the preparation of UK and EU grants, working alongside HMRC and other government bodies.