Meet the team

	Nikki Cunningham \| International Account Executive - Email With almost a decade of experience managing our important customer relationships Nikki is skilled in helping businesses tap into support from Chamber International and its network of partners. Nikki previously worked as an assistant to an import buyer and as executive assistant to directors at Morgan Stanley Bank in Sydney, Australia.
	Gemma Price \| International Trade Administrator - Email Gemma coordinates our successful export office service and provides back-up to the wider team. With a background in financial services management with a division of HSBC in Leeds she is passionately interested in all aspects of international trade. She has also worked in training and sales. She joined Chamber International in January 2012.
	Roy Broadhead \| Documentary Credits Account Manager - Email Roy is in charge of our highly experienced team in the documentation bureau handling documentary letters of credit and other vital paperwork. He has more than 40 years' experience as a shipping manager, consultant and in-house export specialist working in the textile, engineering and lighting sectors.
	Neil Park \| Associate - Email Neil is a highly successful export strategist and sales professional who heads up our export development service. With a proven track record in pricing and marketing approaches, developing business through brands and assisting businesses in taking their first steps towards developing a strategy for international sales. Neil will help you export your way to growth
	Alison Holmes \| International Trade Procedures Manager – Email Alison has extensive knowledge and experience in areas of documentation and procedures. She works closely with businesses throughout the region, HM Revenue & Customs and British Chambers of Commerce to help maintain our reputation for high quality documentation services.
	Kate Flanagan \| Senior International Trade Procedures Executive – Email Kate graduated from the University of Wales with a BA in French and German before beginning her career in international trade at the Yorkshire site of a leading multinational. She joined Chamber International in 2006 and leads on export certification and related trade procedures.
	Joe Baker \| International Account Executive – Email Joe has a broad commercial background including a strong track record in supply chain development. He manages important client and partner relationships, developing international links and networks. Joe graduated from Gloucestershire University with an honours degree in Psychology.
	Evgeny Polyakov \| Associate - Email Evgeny assists companies in areas of strategic development and sales into the Russian market. He holds a degree in Economics, an M.A. in International Business and a Ph.D. in Corporate Restructuring. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Export and adopts a unique personal approach to providing strategic assistance at Board level.
	Tim Bailey \| International Trade Director - Email Tim's international career spans 30 years, with a special emphasis on logistics and training. He currently sits on a number of international trade forums at both national and regional level including a sub-group of the British Chambers of Commerce Board.
	Michael Strawson\| Training Manager - Email Mike Strawson has more than 40 years commercial experience in international trade. He has created export departments for international companies, and has run a small manufacturing company which exported over 90% of its output. He delivers training courses in the UK and overseas, is accredited by the Institute of Export and also acts as principal checker for Chamber International's successful documentary credit checking service.
	Neil Foulder \| Documentary Credit Specialist - Email Liverpool-born Neil has been involved in the banking industry for four decades, principally with Standard Chartered Bank and Lloyds TSB. Married with four children he has spent more than twenty years in Yorkshire. Neil plays a leading role in delivering Chamber International's growing back office services including checking multi-million dollar payment contracts for key accounts.

John Christal | Associate - Email

John draws on his 30 year career in international trade in a variety of industries to help shape the design and delivery of international trade training and consultancy work. Specialising in customs compliance and the movement of hazardous goods John is a qualified Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor and an accredited Civil Aviation Authority tutor.

Tim Wyatt | PR & Media Executive - Email

Tim Wyatt is a former BBC, Granada, ITV News and SKY News reporter and an award winning documentary maker. For the past 14 years he has run his own media consultancy and has worked in both the private and public sector handling PR for Noel Edmonds and crisis management for the NHS. He now manages Chamber International's media coverage and has built up extensive editorial contacts across all media.

Hannah Stansfield | Senior Executive - Email

Hannah has worked in freight forwarding, manufacturing and the corporate sectors where she specialised in international trade compliance. She holds an honours degree in Business and International Law and is Six Sigma qualified with Global SAP project experience. Hannah leads on helping businesses identify efficiency savings and driving cost out of their supply chains.

	Nikki Cunningham \| International Account Executive - Email With almost a decade of experience managing our important customer relationships Nikki is skilled in helping businesses tap into support from Chamber International and its network of partners. Nikki previously worked as an assistant to an import buyer and as executive assistant to directors at Morgan Stanley Bank in Sydney, Australia.
	Gemma Price \| International Trade Administrator - Email Gemma coordinates our successful export office service and provides back-up to the wider team. With a background in financial services management with a division of HSBC in Leeds she is passionately interested in all aspects of international trade. She has also worked in training and sales. She joined Chamber International in January 2012.
	Roy Broadhead \| Documentary Credits Account Manager - Email Roy is in charge of our highly experienced team in the documentation bureau handling documentary letters of credit and other vital paperwork. He has more than 40 years' experience as a shipping manager, consultant and in-house export specialist working in the textile, engineering and lighting sectors.
	Neil Park \| Associate - Email Neil is a highly successful export strategist and sales professional who heads up our export development service. With a proven track record in pricing and marketing approaches, developing business through brands and assisting businesses in taking their first steps towards developing a strategy for international sales. Neil will help you export your way to growth
	Alison Holmes \| International Trade Procedures Manager – Email Alison has extensive knowledge and experience in areas of documentation and procedures. She works closely with businesses throughout the region, HM Revenue & Customs and British Chambers of Commerce to help maintain our reputation for high quality documentation services.
	Kate Flanagan \| Senior International Trade Procedures Executive – Email Kate graduated from the University of Wales with a BA in French and German before beginning her career in international trade at the Yorkshire site of a leading multinational. She joined Chamber International in 2006 and leads on export certification and related trade procedures.
	Joe Baker \| International Account Executive – Email Joe has a broad commercial background including a strong track record in supply chain development. He manages important client and partner relationships, developing international links and networks. Joe graduated from Gloucestershire University with an honours degree in Psychology.
	Evgeny Polyakov \| Associate - Email Evgeny assists companies in areas of strategic development and sales into the Russian market. He holds a degree in Economics, an M.A. in International Business and a Ph.D. in Corporate Restructuring. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Export and adopts a unique personal approach to providing strategic assistance at Board level.
	Tim Bailey \| International Trade Director - Email Tim's international career spans 30 years, with a special emphasis on logistics and training. He currently sits on a number of international trade forums at both national and regional level including a sub-group of the British Chambers of Commerce Board.
	Michael Strawson\| Training Manager - Email Mike Strawson has more than 40 years commercial experience in international trade. He has created export departments for international companies, and has run a small manufacturing company which exported over 90% of its output. He delivers training courses in the UK and overseas, is accredited by the Institute of Export and also acts as principal checker for Chamber International's successful documentary credit checking service.
	Neil Foulder \| Documentary Credit Specialist - Email Liverpool-born Neil has been involved in the banking industry for four decades, principally with Standard Chartered Bank and Lloyds TSB. Married with four children he has spent more than twenty years in Yorkshire. Neil plays a leading role in delivering Chamber International's growing back office services including checking multi-million dollar payment contracts for key accounts.