Founder and Managing Director of Silvertree Canning Co (Pty) Ltd offering various mobile canning and labelling and packaging solutions within the carbonated drinks industries with additional consulting expertise in customs, excise and global trade.Servicing primarily craft breweries, cideries, sparkling wineries and RTD and carbonated beverage producers.

Providing part-time specialist Excise related consulting services for predominately multi-nationals in the Oil and Gas, Mining and Liquor sectors

Served as a Manager with the Customs and Global Trade team within Deloitte Tax, a specialist customs and excise tax division which provides professional services to governments and private sector clients of the firm in respect of Customs, Excise and Trade Remedies. The specialist consulting services included compliance and advisory services in respect of Customs and Excise tax legislation for clients, governments and industry bodies including, but not limited to, the following:-… Show more Served as a Manager with the Customs and Global Trade team within Deloitte Tax, a specialist customs and excise tax division which provides professional services to governments and private sector clients of the firm in respect of Customs, Excise and Trade Remedies. The specialist consulting services included compliance and advisory services in respect of Customs and Excise tax legislation for clients, governments and industry bodies including, but not limited to, the following:- Customs and excise systems based risk reviews- Management, completion and reviewing of Duty at Source (“DAS’) excise accounts- Customs and excise accrual audits- Customs and Excise due diligence reviews - Performing agreed upon procedures covering several Central Energy Fund levies and similar Fuel levies for Lesotho on behalf of local oil majors- Assisting clients in trade remedies, tariff lobbying, rebates and refunds - Representing clients in disputes with SARS- Providing various customs and excise related opinions - Providing opinions on tax implications where firms experience tax amendments and operational changes- Various customs and excise secondment roles at multi-nationals in the oil and gas and liquor industries- Reviewing cross border supply chains for tax efficiencies- Drafting various customs and excise related standard operating procedure manuals for clients- Providing customs and excise training and workshops- Providing commentary on customs and excise related legislative changes for clients and industry bodies including the recently promulgated Customs Control and Duty Acts and the rules to these Acts- Drafted our external customs and excise newsletters, “TradeSmart” and “ExciseSmart” for periods.- Project proposals, budgets and recovery fee management Show less