VAT expert joins Global Trade Conference line-up

A partner from leading audit, tax, advisory and risk firm Crowe UK has been added to the line-up for the Chamber's Global Trade Conference.

Rob Janering, VAT partner at Crowe, will be joining one the afternoon 's discussion panels on the main stage:

Crowe UK is a leading audit, tax, advisory and risk firm which has an international reach.

The firm is an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks in the world.

Rob (pictured) will be discussing how - through its global network, specialist VAT, customs duty and global mobility teams - Crowe is helping businesses enter new markets across the world.

Crowe UK is also sponsoring the 'Introduction to Entering International Markets ' session at the conference.

The conference takes place at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 15 February (12 noon and 6pm).

Other speakers already confirmed include Amanda Brooks, Director-General of Trade Negotiations at the Department for International Trade, Taran Singh, Founder and CEO of Taran 3D, Elisabeth Lewis Jones, CEO of Liquid PR, Jamila Davis of the West Midlands Growth Company, Professor Geoff Thompson, deputy chair of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and founder and chair of UK-based international charity the Youth Charter, Shaun Adams, managing director of Birmingham Case Makers and Andy Dawson, director and co-founder of Curium Solutions.

Delegates will be welcomed by Chamber president Deb Leary while international director Mandy Haque will chair the opening International Trade Index Launch.

A series of roundtable discussions hosted by key international trading partners will be available exclusively to Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce members ahead of the conference.

The exclusive roundtables will take place in the morning, with members able to meet delegations from Canada, France, Mexico, Mauritius and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

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