Rob is responsible for the International Trade Department at Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce which comprises ten members of staff. The team delivers the full range of DIT Services/ programmes, is an issuing body for export documentation and a customs broker. The team will process export documentation for companies with a combined invoice value in excess of £250m per annum. Previously Rob was a Civil Servant where he began his career in 1995 working for the Employment Service and later the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. In 2012 he was promoted to Head of the International Trade Team where he has led many Trade Missions all over the world and still deals with companies helping them to realise their export goals. Prior to joining the Civil Service Rob qualified as a Ceramicist and worked in the Ceramics Industry for companies including Wedgwood, Churchill and H&R Johnsons.