Tim Dier, IYDU Chairman
The annual IYDU council elections took place in Berlin on 28 November 2009. The returning officer, Erik Moen, confirmed that Tim Dier of the UK’s Conservative Party was duly elected for his second and final term as IYDU Chairman. Tim is a Vice President of Morgan Stanley in London’s Canary Wharf financial district and has been involved in politics since 2000. Daniel Walther of the CDU and CSU’s Junge Union in Germany was elected to the position of Deputy Chairman. Daniel is the Federal Treasurer of the Junge Union.
The position of Executive Secretary has been filled by James Marriott. James comes to the IYDU from the UK Conservative Party’s Headquarters in London where he has worked in the International Office for the past seven years. During his time working for the Conservatives, he gained a wide range of experience, working with centre-right parties across the world and organising political development projects. James will relocate to Oslo, Norway and will be working full time on IYDU’s projects from the end of January 2010. In addition to working for the IYDU, James will also be working on projects for the International Democrat Union.
Elected to the positions of Vice Chairman are: Daniel Fielding (New Zealand), Charlie Smith (USA), Marco Casella (Italy), Yi-Shih Lin (Taiwan), David Pontoppidan (Denmark), Eliza Roszkowska Oberg (Sweden), Szymon Mos (Poland), Gianna Fakhourie (Jamaica), Aramris Perez (Cuba) and Ioanna Sygrasiti (Cyprus).
Commenting on the elections, Tim Dier said “I’m really pleased with the team we’ve got together to take IYDU forward over the next year. My priorities for the next twelve months are to make the organisation even more global by widening the participation of youth parties from Asia and Latin America; to promote events where future leaders can learn and network; and to build on our website and e-communications offering – so that those who can’t make every event can still keep in touch. I’m confident that we’ve got the right people in place to deliver for our members.”
