Members of the European Parliament
Dr Charles Tannock MEP
Spokesman on Foreign Affairs
Charles's Experience
Charles was first elected MEP for London in 1999. He is Conservative spokesman on Foreign Affairs, and former spokesman on Financial Services from 1999-2001.
He was the Assistant Whip for the Conservatives in the European Parliament from 1999-2001 and Deputy Chief Whip until January 2005. He was Conservative spokesman on Financial Services until 2001.
He is currently a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee where he is the EPP-ED Deputy Coordinator, a substitute member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the EP-Ukraine Delegation. He is Founder of the EP friends of India and Rapporteur on the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Charles was Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer at University College Hospital and St Luke's Hospital from 1995-99.
About Charles
Educated Balliol College, Oxford and Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London. Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer, University College Hospital, London, and St Luke's Hospital, London, 1995-99. Research Fellow, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London University, 1988-90. House Surgeon, Middlesex Hospital, 1984-1985. Councillor, Earls Court Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, 1998-2000.
Born in 1957, Charles has one child.
His interests include skiing, travel and financial markets.
Website:
http://www.charlestannock.com
Phone number:
020 7349 6946
Fax number:
020 7351 5885 Marina Yannakoudakis MEP
Marina Yannakoudakis was elected as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament in June 2009. She sits on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
She was born in Paddington, grew up in Brent, went to school in Beckenham, studied at Brunel University in Uxbridge, ran a business in Camden and now lives in Barnet, where she is a councillor for Oakleigh ward. Since her election she has announced that she will remain a member of Barnet Council until the end of her term in 2010.
Marina was Deputy Chairman of Chipping Barnet Conservative Association until June 2008.
Together with her Greek husband Zacharias, she ran a successful pan-European company, with an annual turnover of £4million. As Financial Director, Marina has a strong track record of negotiating in Europe on behalf of her UK clients. Her commercial experience gives her a genuine understanding of the pressures imposed on London's small businesses by too many regulations and directives coming from Brussels.
Marina is a school governor. Whilst at Brunel University she was Chairman of Communications on the Students Union Executive and Chairman of the Federation of Conservative students.
Outside politics and business, Marina enjoys spending time with family and friends - especially her three children who are all in further education. She even finds time to play the saxophone and also produces works of sculpture which are sold for charity.
Website:
http://www.marinayannakoudakis.com/ Syed Kamall MEP
Conservative Spokesman on International Trade
Syed's Experience
Syed became a Member of the European Parliament in May 2005. He has been a member of the Conservatives since 1987 and has been a member of Vauxhall, Bath, Westminster, West Ham and Barking Conservative Associations. In November 2007, Syed was elected Treasurer of the Conservatives in the European Parliament.
In May 2000, Syed was a Conservative Candidate for the Greater London Assembly. The following year, he was Conservative candidate for West Ham in the June 2001 General Election.
Syed has made a short film about his work as an MEP which can be viewed in small format for dial-up users or in larger format for broadband users. Both require Windows Media Player.
About Syed
Syed was born and brought up in London. He is married with two children. Syed was educated at the Latymer School, Edmonton. He has a degree from Liverpool University, a Masters from the London School of Economics and a PhD from City University, London.
He is a Visiting Fellow at Leeds University Business School where he has lectured MBA students in international business and strategy and supervised doctoral students' research. He has written a number of articles on the international strategies of firms and foreign investment. In 1996, Syed completed a book on EU telecommunications policy.
Before entering the European Parliament, he worked as a consultant to companies on marketing, strategy and public affairs. In 2003, he started a diversity recruitment business. Syed is a co-founder of the Global Business Research Institute (GBRI), an educational body conducting outreach to business executives, journalists and civil servants, promoting a greater understanding of globalisation and its consequences. Syed's interests include telecommunications, transport, postal services, broadcasting, global free trade and foreign investment.
Website:
http://www.syedkamall.com
Phone number:
00 322 284 7792
Fax number:
00 322 284 9792