Director of the State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing, Tony Dearth, took over as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls on July 6, State said in a statement (here). “The current Deputy Assistant Secretary, Kenneth Handelman, is returning to the Department of Defense to become the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs,” said State. “A permanent successor has not yet been determined.”
Expeditors International of Washington has elected Daniel Wall as the president of Global Products, the company said (here). The company promoted Wall from his current position as Senior Vice President responsible for Ocean Services and Order Management.
Sandler Travis hired Douglas Browning, previously global customs director for General Motors, as of counsel, the firm said (here). Browning also previously worked as a CBP deputy commissioner.
Former Census Bureau official, Joe Cortez, joined Braumiller Consulting Group, the firm said in recent days (here). Cortez previously served as Census' international trade ombudsman and chief for the Regulations, Outreach, and Education Branch with Census' International Trade Management Division. There he focused on Foreign Trade Regulations, Electronic Export Information and voluntary self-disclosures, among other areas, the firm said.
Ditlev Blicher and Hessel Verhage were promoted to co-presidents of UTi Worldwide's freight forwarding business, the company said. (here). Blicher was previously president, Asia Pacific for UTi, and Verhage was president, Freight Forwarding Americas, the company said.
A.N. Deringer hired Jack Bender, previously with DHL, as director of marketing and sales, said Deringer (here).
The Delmar Group appointed three new executives in the company's U.S. arm, the company said in a press release (here). Frank Bello, previously an executive with UTi Worldwide, was named president of Delmar International (USA), Albert Cataldo, also previously with UTi was named vice president, client solutions, it said. Oscar Schlossberg was named vice president, trade management, said Delmar.
Mayer Brown hired Warren Payne, previously policy director with the House Ways and Means Committee, as a senior advisor in the Tax, Government Relations, and International Trade practices, the firm said (here).
Several new members will join the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations in the next term, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske while speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on March 24. New members include: Cynthia Allen of DHL Global Forwarding, Adam Salerno of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Brenda Barnes of George S. Bush & Co., Heidi Bray of Chrysler, Celeste Catano of Kewill, Lenny Feldman of Sandler Travis, Lisa Gelsomino of Avalon Risk Management, Alexandra Latham of Costco, Amy Magnus of A.N. Deringer, Michael White of the International Air Transport Association and Michael Young of Orient Overseas Container Line.
Lewis Leibowitz, previously with Hogan Lovells, recently started his own law practice in Washington. Leibowitz specializes in customs law and antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.