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Make the right trade compliance hire — first time

Specialist UK recruiters for export controls, customs, and sanctions roles — combining deep networks with real-time market insight on salary, availability, and hiring timelines.

UK Trade Compliance Expertise

Focused coverage across export controls, customs, and sanctions — placing talent that keeps your operations compliant and moving.

Global Export Controls

Securing technical specialists and strategic leads to manage SIEL/OIEL applications through the ECJU while ensuring adherence to UK military and dual-use lists.

Complex Customs Management

From operational specialists to Heads of Customs, we place experts who master classification and valuation within the current UK Global Tariff frameworks.

Sanctions & Global Governance

Identifying senior practitioners to navigate the UK sanctions regime and OFSI mandates, protecting your business through robust regulatory leadership.

UK Trade Compliance Placements

Recent placements across export controls, customs, and sanctions — delivering measurable impact for UK organisations.

Selected assignments include:

Head of Trade Compliance

Built a greenfield compliance function and implemented audit protocols across a global aerospace operation.

Aerospace & Defence — Bristol, UK

Export Controls Manager

Secured niche technical expertise to manage complex UK and US export licensing across defence programmes.

Defence & Security — Lancashire, UK

Customs & Trade Compliance Manager

Streamlined import/export operations and reduced duty exposure for a high-volume retail business.

Consumer Goods — Birmingham, UK

Sanctions Advisory Lead

Appointed a subject matter expert to lead regulatory change and strengthen sanctions screening for an international bank.

Banking & Financial Services — London, UK

Trade Compliance Director

Transformed customs valuation processes and implemented origin reporting across a global logistics provider.

Supply Chain & Logistics — South East, UK

Borders & Customs Manager

Led day-to-day customs operations, strengthened audit readiness, and reduced border friction across UK distribution.

Logistics — Newark, UK

They not only understood the technical requirements, but also the personality needed for such a demanding environment.  Which resulted with a shortlist of exceptional profiles.

TaylorCurcio understood the UK trade landscape perfectly, securing a key hire for our export control team.

— Chief Compliance Officer, UK-based Aerospace & Defence Group

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