Ziyaad Butler is the Managing Director of Sovereign Border Solutions. A boutique consultancy specialising in Customs, Single Window and Cross Border management. He is a qualified management consultant and strategy specialist who has first-hand experience in a variety of areas focusing on using technology to advance, improve and secure trade processes. In his current role, he provides management consulting to Government agencies, funding agencies and private enterprises and has worked on projects in Europe, Asia and Africa.
His area of expertise is strategic consulting on Revenue Management and Customs and Excise modernisation including projects on Customs and Excise diagnostics, Integrated Risk Management assessing illicit trade crossing borders, single window design and implementation, Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes and strategies for trade facilitation, improvement, and modernisation.