OCR MID-YEAR
GLOBAL TRADE REVIEW

Simran Sethi

Senior Global Trade & Customs Consultant at OCR

Simran Sethi is a Senior Global Trade Compliance practitioner working with OCR Services Inc. She heads business development and is responsible for gauging client needs for global trade management automation. She is abreast with the demands of Customs Regulations, and helps clients automate their internal trade compliance processes. Her core area of expertise is Import/Export compliance, Duty Drawback, Foreign Trade Zones and Foreign Trade Agreements, Export Licensing along with ITAR Exemptions and EAR Exceptions.

Abhishek Kishore

Managing Director - Global EASE International at OCR Services

Abhishek Kishore is the Managing Director - Global EASE International Practice at OCR Services where he is responsible for expanding OCR's footprint in the international markets. Previously, Abhishek served as the Deputy Country Head - India at the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In this role, he was responsible for Council-wide policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement initiatives in the U.S.-India corridor for leading US and Indian companies. Along with that, he also focused on the Digital Economy domain, advising several technology companies (global U.S. and Indian IT leaders, e-commerce and fintech innovators) on government policies and regulatory frameworks.

Prior to USIBC, he was based in Los Angeles helping a big data analytics startup expand its business in the Southern California region. Abhishek has previously worked for major companies including Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Forrester Research in India as well as in the United States for several years. Abhishek is a computer science engineer by training and has a Master of International Business (MIB) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Boston.

Sanjay Notani

Partner - Economic Laws Practice (ELP)

Sanjay Notani is a Partner at ELP and co-heads the International Trade & Customs practice. He is a member of the Supreme Court Bar of India (SCBA) and Maharashtra & Goa Bar Council, American Bar Association (ABA) and has the distinction of being appointed to ABA’s Steering Group of the Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee, representing Asia. Sanjay is also Vice Chair on the ABA’s South Asia/Oceania & India Committee. He is also a member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA) and represents various committees.  

Steve Bartlett

Chairman Association of Freight Software Suppliers (AFSS)

Steve spent 25 years in the IT industry managing global outsourced IT Infrastructure Services for multi-national companies and more recently working on transformation projects looking at technologies such as ERP overlays, Robotic Process Automation, and Predictive Data Analytics. Appointed Chairman of the AFSS in 2019. Started my career working for British Caledonian, then British Airways Cargo, and spent my early years living as an expatriate in Nigeria, where my father ran an Airfreight Forwarding business.

Tom Blass

Director of Editorial of WorldECR

Tom has worked as a journalist and editor for more than 20 years.
His experience includes writing for a broad span of organizations
and publications including The American Lawyer, the International
Bar Association, the Bureau of National Affairs, The Banker Magazine, The New Statesman, and the BBC. Tom is also the author of The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea, an account of travels around the edges of its title subject, published by Bloomsbury in January 2016.