The Ready for Brexit team has personal knowledge of the difficulties involved in trading with the EU before the Single Market and Customs Union began in 1993.
We have all worked for large companies and with SMEs. We are aware of the issues and can help you to anticipate problems before they occur.
We wanted to share this knowledge, which is why we have set up ReadyforBrexit.
Paul Hodges explains why we set up Ready for Brexit 〉
Anna Tobin
Editor
Anna Tobin is an experienced journalist and editor whose work is published in national newspapers, magazines and websites worldwide.
Paul Hodges
Chairman
Paul has worked in the UK and USA and has decades of experience in doing business in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
He is a Global Expert with the World Economic Forum, publishes The pH Report, and is chairman of NiTech Solutions. Earlier in his career, he ran a range of global businesses for ICI. He has ‘hands-on’ experience of importing/exporting before and after the start of the Single Market and Customs Union in 1993.
David Hughes
CEO
David has run a number of major businesses for companies around the world and has a maths degree from Cambridge University.
He previously held senior executive positions with SABIC, Huntsman and ICI, where he led a range of global $1bn+ businesses based in the Middle East, Europe and the USA. He led SABIC’s global business redesign programme in 2009.
Paul Henderson
Director
Paul is based in Switzerland and specialises in the distribution and logistics sectors.
Paul was previously Director, Strategic Accounts with Univar, and has a proven record of achieving significant performance improvement in a wide range of businesses. He is based in Switzerland and is fluent in French, German and Spanish – and proficient in Italian – in addition to English.
Paul Satchell
Director
Paul has almost 40 years of experience of international industry with businesses including BP and Coopers & Lybrand, and as an equity analyst with a number of banks including ING, Merrill Lynch and Investec.
He has particular expertise in strategy, valuation, mergers and acquisitions and lending.
Tony Mash
Senior Adviser
Tony has worked in marketing, sales and general management, as well as in manufacturing, research and planning. He has experience in the plastics, packaging, refrigeration and life sciences industries.
He was previously CEO of the British Coatings Federation and has worked for Arysta LifeScience, ICI, AstraZeneca and Syngenta.
George Smith
Senior Adviser
George has 30 years’ experience in the oil, gas and chemical industry with BP and BOC. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, strategy, licensing and programme management of major projects.
He is a chartered chemical engineer and a fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Dave Stanworth
Director
Dave is an experienced commercial manager who has worked across a number of international and UK B2B publishing market sectors.
He has extensive experience of managing digital and print publishing products with different business models, and was previously Commercial Product Director with Reed Business Information.
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NO DEAL BREXIT
ACTION PLAN
The No Deal Brexit Action Plan maps out the time available and the time required to undertake the processes to prepare your business for a No Deal Brexit.
Your business will need to modify or completely change procedures to prepare for Brexit. Brexlists help you take a rigorous and structured approach to your preparations:
- The Executive Summary Brexlist Brexit checklist, as its name implies, highlights the key issues
- The Business Functions Brexlist Brexit checklist maps onto the key business functions in a company
- The Directory Brexlist Brexit checklist maps onto the topic headings in our Brexit Directory
highlight what needs to be done, and by when, to ensure that all parts of your supply chain are prepared for Brexit:
- Identify the key questions for your business
- Share key learnings with your business partners
- Identify the key challenges and opportunities
- Highlight key internal and external priorities
BREXIT
DIRECTORY
The Brexit Directory is an extensive database of information and links organised by business function to help you find the information your business needs to know.