Portorium customs experts now part of AEB

“Comprehensive expertise in digital customs solutions is scarce and the investment in bringing people up to speed in such a complex domain is significant,” explained Markus Meissner, AEB Managing Director. "Portorium’s experts bring years of customs experience and are knowledgeable about AEB’s solutions, making it a customer-focused match.”

Portorium founder Pieter Haesaert joins the Customs Domain Management Board, leading AEB’s future customs activities. He assumes responsibility for developing and executing strategy for the customs domain, aligning product plans with market needs, industry trends, and compliance requirements. He oversees sales, marketing, and customer success in the customs domain and reports to the AEB Board of Directors.

“The transition comes at a time of significant change in the customs software and services market,” explained Haesaert. “With new legal frameworks brought on by the EU customs reform, technology innovations, and higher customer expectations, the status quo of siloed customs systems no longer meets market demands. By joining AEB, we can offer customers an unparalleled depth of customs and technology expertise to support comprehensive, data-driven customs management.”

Accompanying Haesaert in the transition to AEB are Pavel Malei and Jana De Borger as Senior Sales Executives, Sjors Vonken as Senior Customs Consultant, Stefanie Verheyden as Senior Service Manager, and Florentina Popescu as Finance Manager .

“The addition of the Portorium experts is an extraordinary win for AEB and our customers,” shared Steffen Frey, AEB Managing Director. “They bring rare expertise and in-depth practical experience in the customs sector that ensures full alignment on execution and allows us to respond to market demands with greater agility.”

The Portorium experts also strengthen a unique differentiator of AEB: Managed Customs Services. These services are delivered by a team of customs and operations specialists who take responsibility for 'jobs to be done' in areas where customers do not have in-house expertise or resources.

In addition to execution, the Managed Customs Services team monitors and analyzes customs operations to proactively resolve issues and propose optimizations. Packaged with customs and trade compliance software implementations, Managed Customs Services make customs management scalable for companies of all sizes. This component completes the AEB offering for a true end-to-end customs management solution.