HSPCA Dinner with Syed Kamall and Marina Yannakoudakis

The Officers of Holborn and St Pancras Conservative Association are delighted to invite you to:

 

Dinner and Discussion with

London MEP Candidates

Syed Kamall MEP and Marina Yannakoudakis

 Thursday 30 April 2009, 7pm for 7.30pm 

 Tickets: http://hspcamepdinner.eventbrite.com/

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With the European elections approaching 4 June, we are pleased to invite you to meet two of the candidates for the London region. Syed Kamall is well known to many of our members as an active MEP who has supported HSPCA and attended our events in the past. Marina Yannakoudakis is a new addition to the the list who previously ran a business in Camden. This will be a first chance for many of us to meet Marina and wish her well on the road to Brussels!

The dinner will be a small gathering with only a limited number of places to ensure that those present will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion afterwards.

We look forward to seeing you there!

About Syed

Syed was born and brought up in London. He is married with two children and 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. 

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. 

Syed became a Member of the European Parliament in May 2005. 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. 

Find out more at: http://www.syedkamall.com/

About Marina

Marina 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. She is a councillor for Oakleigh ward on Barnet Council and chairs the council’s Cleaner, Greener, Transport and Development Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

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. 

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.

Find out more at: http://www.marinayannakoudakis.com

About the Hotel Megaro

The Hotel Megaro is a new boutique hotel conveniently located close to King’s Cross and the Eurostar Terminal at St Pancras. It is the first hotel to be backed by local Camden-based businessman, Tony Megaro, and was opened in early 2008.