Title
Director of Capacity Building
Company
WCO
Bio

Erich is the Director for Capacity Building at the World Customs Organization.  He was elected to this position by the Council of the WCO in June 2010 for a five year term and ensures the delivery of quality support to Customs administrations around the world.  He believes in the role of Customs in supporting States to achieve their socio-economic goals and is passionate about the capacity building support required for Customs.

Prior to taking up his current position, Erich served as the Group Executive for Customs Strategy and Policy at the South African Revenue Service. He is a lawyer with experience in Customs, international trade and professional consulting. Erich has been actively involved in the activities of the WCO, the African Union and African regional economic communities.

He holds the B.Iuris, LLB and LLM (cum laude) degrees, has published in international academic journals and his academic focus areas are the multilateral trading system, preferential trade arrangements, international dispute settlement and developmental studies.  He is married to Thea and is the very proud father of Robyn.