Mark Rowbotham, MA FCILT
Mark Rowbotham is an International Consultant, Trainer and writer in Customs and VAT Compliance issues, as well as other areas including International Trade, Excise, Export Controls, Oil & Gas Offshore and Marine issues. He has spent a considerable length of time working in both the Government, Commercial and Academic sectors. He deals primarily with Compliance, Control and Procedural issues in Customs, Excise and VAT, and is a trainer in these issues as well as International Trade, the Supply Chain, Finance and Risk Management courses.
He was originally an Officer in HM Customs & Excise, dealing with Import and Export Controls on maritime freight traffic into and out of UK Ports, and became an independent consultant and trainer in 2000, dealing primarily with Customs compliances, procedures and documentation. He advises on these issues, and undertakes training, advisory and consultancy work in these areas.
He gained a Masters’ Degree in International Relations and Political Economy in 1995, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), as well as a member of the Institute of Export in the UK.
He has written extensively on the subjects of Customs, International Supply Chain and Marine Compliance issues for a wide variety of International Trade and Logistics publications and journals, and has had a book published in 2008, entitled “Introduction to Marine Cargo Management”, Second Edition published 2015. He also advises several Chambers of Commerce in the UK on Customs, VAT and International Trade issues, frequently delivering advice, training courses and seminars on these subjects. He is an accredited trainer for the British Chambers of Commerce, and has also been an adviser to UK Trade & Investment (now DIT) on Customs Procedures pertaining to trade with the Americas.