Policy & Compliance
Customs Policy Group chair and vice chair elections Vicky Petrova re-elected and to be joined by Mark Redding
CCS UK on air cargo inventory systems, and chairs the Customs Policy Group at BIFA, where she has been contributing to customs policy and implementation for more than 15 years. Mark Redding Mark has more than 40 years of industry experience, having entered the sector in 1983 through Pandair’s UK freight training scheme, where he began learning customs processes from day one. He remained with the organisation throughout the AEI, Danzas and Exel mergers, building a career in customs operations. He now serves as UK customs compliance director for DHL Global Forwarding (DGF), overseeing day- to-day customs compliance across all DGF locations and modes of transport, and ensuring adherence to a wide range of authorisation and procedural requirements. Alongside his role at DHL, Mark contributes extensively to industry policy and engagement. He is an active member of several JCCC sub-groups and serves on the BIFA Air Cargo Community Advisory Body, which has assumed responsibility for the CCS UK User Group, where he previously served as a director.
E lections were held for the positions of chair and vice chair at the most recent Customs Policy Group meeting held on 27 November 2025. As the chair role was uncontested, Vicky Petrova (pictured top right) was duly re- elected and will continue to serve in her current capacity. Following a formal voting process, Mark Redding (pictured lower right) was elected as the new vice chair of the policy group. Vicky Petrova Vicky is director of customs compliance at DSV Limited, with over 30 years of experience in the forwarding industry. She oversees customs and trade compliance across all business areas: air, ocean, land and contract logistics, providing expert guidance company-wide. Vicky serves on the board of ASM Limited, advises
“ Vicky Petrova has been contributing to customs policy and implement- ation on the BIFA Customs Policy Group for more than 15 years
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