Rae Vivier Head: AEO South African Revenue Service

Rae has had a varied career with the SARS, most of it in the Customs Division. Highlights of her career include spearheading the comprehensive modernization of trade processes and earned the World Bank’s “Most Improved Customs in the World” vote in in 2012. In her current portfolio, Rae is focussed on developing cooperative compliance programmes with trade partners and government agencies and initiatives she is leading include developing a Single Regional Authorised Economic Operator, a Single Government Authorised Economic Operator Programme, and a new Licensing Framework for Customs Intermediaries. She is an accomplished leader experienced in large business operations in more than 30 localities, extremely passionate about trade facilitation and building a tax and customs system based on voluntary compliance. Rae is skilled in maintaining positive relations with stakeholders and working with and through them to build the customs ecosystem. She is committed to excellence and making a difference. Rae was elected as the Customs Vice-Chair of the World Customs Organisation’s SAFE Framework Working Group in 2022. She has a master’s degree from the University of Canberra, Australia.

Day 2 Wednesday 8 May

Time Session
14:00
15:00
Plenary session 2: Advancing Women Empowerment through AEO Programmes: Addressing Gender Related Barriers in Global Trade
Rae Vivier Moderator Head: AEO South African Revenue Service
Rosa Avila Speaker Head of Authorized Economic OperatorDirectorate General of Customs Dominican Republic
Vianney Lesaffre Speaker Market AnalystITC
Brendan Pearce Speaker Customs Counsellor New Zealand Customs
Yingjie Dang Speaker Director GeneralNanchang Customs District
Nnenna Ugo Awa Speaker Project Manager, AEO ImplementationNigeria Customs Service
Plum Blossom Hall

Day 3 Thursday 9 May

Time Session
09:15
10:30
Plenary session 5: Assessing the Impact of the AEO Programme: Measuring the Benefits
Perreau De Pinninck Fernando Moderator Head of the Risk Management and Security UnitDG TAXUD
Michael Lawrence Speaker Executive DirectorSADC Business Council
Rae Vivier Speaker Head: AEO South African Revenue Service
Tetsuro Ito Speaker DirectorCustoms and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Ja
Meric Kelleci Speaker Head of AEO Department Turkish CustomsMinistry of Trade DG of Customs
Plum Blossom Hall

Jeudi 9 mai

Time Session
09:15
10:30
Session pl
Perreau De Pinninck Fernando Moderator Head of the Risk Management and Security UnitDG TAXUD
Michael Lawrence Speaker Executive DirectorSADC Business Council
Rae Vivier Speaker Head: AEO South African Revenue Service
Tetsuro Ito Speaker DirectorCustoms and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Ja
Meric Kelleci Speaker Head of AEO Department Turkish CustomsMinistry of Trade DG of Customs

Mercredi 8 mai

Time Session
14:00
15:00
Session pl
Rae Vivier Moderator Head: AEO South African Revenue Service
Nnenna Ugo Awa Speaker Project Manager, AEO ImplementationNigeria Customs Service
Rosa Avila Speaker Head of Authorized Economic OperatorDirectorate General of Customs Dominican Republic
Vianney Lesaffre Speaker Market AnalystITC
Brendan Pearce Speaker Customs Counsellor New Zealand Customs
Yingjie Dang Speaker Director GeneralNanchang Customs District