DIANNE BEURSKENS-WEIJERS - Customs Knowledge, The Netherlands
Dianne is active for Customs Knowledge as an independent consultant. She studied Logistics and Technical Transport Management at the former Traffic Academy (NHTV). After this, she studied Tax Law (taxation and criminal law) at the University of Leiden. After her studies, she worked in different positions at Dutch Customs, where the last five years were spent as fine-fraud coordinator and liaison official for the Rotterdam and Roosendaal customs regions. After having worked in Customs for 19 years, she decided to apply her expertise and experience to consultancy.
Dianne is a driven, analytical lawyer. She has extensive experience in litigating before the courts about the classification of goods, valuations and excise-related matters. Her specialisation is in the field of customs and criminal law: litigation, detection and punishment.
Dianne lives in Barendrecht with her husband and daughter. She likes going out to dinner with her family or to the theatre or cinema with her girlfriends. She likes to travel and explore the world, with new nature and culture. Australia is her favourite destination because of its magnificent diversity.
SAMANTHA ZWART-SPEELMAN - Customs Knowledge, The Netherlands
Samantha is consultant and legal expert. She has been with Customs Knowledge since 2013. In July 2017, Samantha completed her Master’s Customs & Supply Chain Compliance. Samantha is a true entrepreneur and has been shareholder of Customs Knowledge since 1 January 2018.
Samantha’s duties include auditing as part of AEO, she advises large corporations in the field of monitoring and the optimisation of customs-related corporate processes. She also counsels companies in the improvement of the quality of declarations. In addition, she advises businesses on customs valuation and origin.
E-commerce businesses can turn to Samantha. Samantha knows the specific problems surrounding e-commerce and guides businesses in their contacts with Customs.
Samantha works and lives in Heerenveen. In her spare time, she likes to sail on the Frisian lakes and she likes to go running. Samantha likes to travel the world with her husband.