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Heather is an International Trade Adviser based in the Black Country and she has a wealth of experience in a range of industry sectors including food and drink, agriculture, transport and marine sectors. Prior to joining UKTI Heather worked for an agrifood business. She has also worked in the transport industry, providing information and advice, and for a Government organisation promoting business interests.

Giuliana specialises in support for larger companies through UKTI’s Medium Sized Business Programme. An International Trade Adviser for two years, she has ten years of export experience as Director of International Trade working for a Fast Track 100 company and managing partnerships globally.

Giuliana is lead contact for business and professional services, education and energy sectors and High Value Opportunities in the Birmingham team.

Gerald has a background in technical sales, business management and company director positions. He has a wealth of technical knowledge gained from working within the textiles, advanced composites and plastics industries and latterly the fire and industrial gases sectors have provided a solid foundation to undertake business within a global marketplace.

During 45 years of working in international trade, Gerald managed global agents, distributors and JV arrangements with collaborations in Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, S. Korea, Asia Pacific and the USA. Gerald’s commercial and technical knowledge has resulted in participation on ISO and UNEP technical committees drafting international standards.  He is also a past chairman and council member of the Plastics & Rubber Institute and a Fellow of Institute Metals, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM).

Dianne joined the Chamber in November 2012 to work with local businesses, providing assistance on developing sustainable transport projects and schemes. In September 2013, Dianne started a new position within the International Trade Team as an International Trade Adviser, offering advice, support, and delivering UKTI services to businesses across Staffordshire, to enable them to grow through exporting.

Dianne has a background of working within local authorities delivering a range of regeneration and transport projects to local businesses and communities. She also has experience of working in an international environment, having spent 4 years working and living in Budapest.

WasteAid UK is an award-winning charity founded by waste management professionals to make an impact on the global waste emergency. Waste management is vital for people’s health, environment and local economy, and yet half the world’s waste isn’t properly managed. WasteAid UK Partners with local organisations in developing countries to improve the health, environment and livelihoods of people without waste services. WasteAid UK Builds the Skills of local people to deliver practical solutions to the waste crisis in their own communities. WasteAid UK Raises Awareness of the benefits of proper waste management and campaigns for greater change.

Wilson Bio-Chemical (WBC) has developed a commercial system for the conversion of a variety of waste materials into useful products by using clean, dry, saturated steam in large rotating autoclaves. The autoclaving process is the ideal preparatory process for landfill diversion, more efficient EfW operations and renewable energy development. Wilson Bio-Chemical is dedicated to the R&D of Wilson Fibre®. The aim is to discover integrated processes to valorise the bio-degradable fraction from the autoclave process. WBC has been successful in producing high value products at a laboratory scale using steam autoclaving integrated with high efficient fermentation and thermo-chemical technology partners.