Meet Emmanuel Harmsen – Latest Addition to CI’s Core Team

29 April 2024

 

In March, Chamber International welcomed its newest international trade specialist, as Emmanuel Harmsen (pictured below) came on board. 

                 

Prior to joining, he worked for Kerry Logistics as an import clerk, where he dealt with a wide range of businesses and types of goods, coordinating shipment information, managing trade documentation for customers, and ensuring compliance and accuracy.

Emmanuel’s experience is complemented by the skills and knowledge he acquired when studying business at university: he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Middlesex.  This ability to understand a business’s broader needs, in addition to their specific requirements for a particular import or export, is considered by Chamber International to be of great value.

“It has been great joining Chamber International.  The team here are really nice to work with, and there’s a good, positive atmosphere.  Because we run so many technical training courses in different aspects of international trade, I also have the chance to learn about and strengthen areas that I’ve had less involvement with to-date.  Arab-British certificates of origin, and HS code classifications, for instance”.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Emmanuel’s family relocated to the UK when he was seven years old.  Though he confesses after years of neglect his Dutch language skills are a bit limited now, he is preparing to begin studying it again, alongside pursuing his favourite pastimes – keeping fit, running and swimming.

 

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