Strategic Trade Advisory Group
The Strategic Trade Advisory Group was created to advise the UK Department for International Trade in the need stakeholders, representing a series of cross - sections of Interests from all part of the United Kingdom.
The Strategic Trade Advisory Group was created in April 2019, after public interest by government in July 2018, and the application and selection process will be assessed through the analysis of a selection of criteria including evidence, relevant experience and expertise
Role, Chair & Structure
RoleSTAG’s principal purpose is for the government to engage with stakeholders, helping to shape our future trade policy and realise opportunities across all nations and regions of the UK through high level strategic discussion.
Chair and structure
The group is chaired by the Minister for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade. The group will nominate a co-chair from the membership in due course.
Secretariat is provided by DIT.
The group will meet as required but approximately quarterly. DIT will make available the dates and times of the meetings.
Membership
Stag is made up of 16 core members with membership of this group reviewed annually.| Name of Represent | Organisation | Position / Area of Representation |
| Minister for Trade Policy | DIT | Chair |
| Professor Holger Breinlich | University of Surrey | Academia |
| Carolyn Fairbairn | Confederation of British Industry | Business Representative Organisation) |
| Dr Scott Steedman CBE | British Standards Institution | Standards |
| Caroline Normand | Which? | Consumer |
| Dr Dirk Willem te Velde | Overseas Development Institute | Developmental |
| Mark Abrams | Trade Finance Global | New Entrant |
| Michael Gidney | Fair Trade Foundation | Non - Government Organisations |
| Nick Coburn CBE | Ulster Carpets | Northern Ireland Business |
| Denise Valin Alvarez | Burberry | Regional Business |
| Liz Cameron OBE | Scottish Chamber of Commerce | Scottish Business |
| Sean Ramsden MBE | Ramsden International | Small And Medium Enterprise |
| Mike Cherry OBE | Federation of Small Business, | Small And Medium Enterprise, Business Representative Organisation |
| Sam Lowe | Centre for European Reform | Think Tanks |
| Paul Nowak | Trade Union Congress | Trade Unions |
| Prys Morgan | Kepak Group Limited | Welsh Business |
Government officials are also invited to attend, and depending on the topic of discussion the appropriate minister received the invitation to attend.