CONSERVATIVES ABROAD DIRECTORY

2015

www.conservativesabroad.org Conservatives Abroad plays an important part to ensure a Conservative majority Government in representing the Party overseas, connecting in 2015, and members of Conservatives Abroad our members around the world and helping us will have an important role imparting our achieve our strategic goals. As Chairmen of achievements and message to those voters the Party our role is to work with our members, living in their communities. wherever they live, to achieve this. Overseas voters can be the deciding factor in The Lord Feldman of Elstree those close marginal seats we will need to win Party Chairman

I became Chairman of Conservatives Abroad in Younger that not only should the registration 2001 taking over from Robin Hodgson, now Lord forms be on-line but that on-line completion Hodgson of Astley Abbotts. We had a number of would greatly increase registration. Despite this branches at that time but there was much to be registration remains a challenge for us all. done to improve communication and to increase electoral registration. Registration was a very Meanwhile I enjoyed many visits to branches, complex procedure and not surprisingly most the problems of the registration of political of those living and working overseas were not organisations in for example, and the registered. sense of common purpose which has continued under Caroline Abel Smith OBE from 2008 and Encouraged by the late Dick Pantlin (founder of is now flourishing under Heather Harper. the British School in Brussels) we persuaded the Foreign Office that their embassies and consulates could be pro-active. We also The Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE persuaded the Electoral Commission under Sam Government Chief Whip, House of Lords CONSERVATIVES ABROAD HISTORY Conservatives Abroad was set up by the late David Smith OBE in 1985. In an extract from ‘My Memoirs and More’ he describes the beginning: “In sixteen years as a Young Conservative Organiser at CCO! It was a mistake, I hated it. and a Constituency Agent I managed to bring into politics, assist into front Fortunately there was a further cabinet re-shuffle line politics and be the Election Agent responsible for in 1984. Norman Tebbit was made Party Chairman Tom Arnold gaining the Liberal seat of Hazel Grove – and Tom Arnold his deputy. Soon after, I had a call one of the only two gains in October 1974. Those three one evening from Tom. He and Norman wanted me events had great significance in my political career to return to CCO to run a campaign to register newly and Conservatives Abroad. enfranchised overseas citizens. I returned in 1985 as Director of an un-named department under the wing In 1977, I joined CCO as Deputy Director of Local of Jim Spicer MP, Chairman of the International Office. Government. A Successful time, principally in charge of privatisation in Local Councils where I was given a secretary (who didn’t last very long) TU dominated Direct Labour Organisations held and an office nearby to CCO. There was no guidance, the democratically elected councils to ransom. just a copy of the Representation of the People Act The Fortunes changed, the Party Chairman, Cecil extending the franchise to expats. In a way I was Parkinson, resigned. His successor reorganised fortunate in that I had a blank canvas. My first task CCO. I was offered and accepted a post in a Trade was to devise a name for the organisation. I opted for Association at a commercial salary much higher than Conservatives Abroad.”

2 Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 OFFICERS CONSERVATIVES ABROAD President Conservatives Abroad The Prime Minister Rt. Hon MP www.number10.gov.uk

Conservative Abroad Campaign Chairman Director Heather Harper Paul Barnes [email protected] [email protected] 4 Matthew Parker Street, T: +33 467 953 938 SW1H 9HQ T: +44 207 984 8015 T: +44 7778 355 882

Membership Administrator Treasurer Fundraising Philip Dumville Douglas Hansen-Luke Rula Al Adasani philip.dumville@beaconsfield- [email protected] [email protected] conservatives.co.uk T: +44 7803 818 431 T: +44 (0)7736 360 795

Advisory Group Political Political Media Christopher Chantrey OBE Tristan Feuenteun Gaile Griffin-Peers [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] T: +33 608 233 667 T: +44 7867 353 673

Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 3 COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES

ARGENTINA Brussels Sandy (Alexander) Harper Adam Isaacs [email protected] [email protected] T: +54 9115 324 2869 T: +32 470824746 Giles Houghton-Clarke [email protected] Lachlan Evans T: +32 470 824 746 [email protected] www.conservativesbelgium.org T: +61 7322 192 29 T: +44 7765 003703 Tortola Andrew Coddington AUSTRALIA [email protected] Alastair Kinloch T: +1 284 541 1925 [email protected] T: +61 262 959017 James Bridgewater M: +61 412 437315 [email protected] T: +1 284 542 0715 AUSTRALIA Simon Glass Ontario [email protected] Julian Neal T: +61 439 945 963 [email protected]

AUSTRALIA CANADA Pacific North West Nikki Kinloch British Columbia, Washington & Oregon [email protected] Alex Kanias T: +61 451 978 765 [email protected] [email protected] T: +1 206 931 7004 Nara Hodge www.facebook.com/conservativespnw/info [email protected] The Blue Club Mark Pinner Sandra Whitford MBE [email protected] [email protected] T: +86 18601 206875 T: +973 3947 0274 William Spiers [email protected] T: +86 (010) 5286 7969 M: +86 13439 788788

4 Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 CHINA William Vanbergen John Dovey [email protected] [email protected] T: +86 21 3360 7080 T: +44 2032 392707 – skype M: +49 1724 529666 Dr. Tim Potier Athens [email protected] Erika Angelidi T: +357 99582967 [email protected] SKYPE: athens.conservatives.uk Prague Gina Hearn OBE [email protected] Stephen Gore [email protected] [email protected] T: +420 283 893 113 T: +852 9555 55891 M: +420 775 381 239 Nick Green [email protected] ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa T: +852 9466 2197 Ron Stott [email protected] Bombay T: +44 (0) 91202 6059 Dr Dhara Anjaria FRAS FRHistS [email protected] Normandy M: +91 9820 046826 Sally Frise [email protected] T: +33 231 10 15 06 Niina M K Strobel [email protected] FRANCE T: +62 (0) 8128 4005568 Jeremy Stubbs [email protected] M: +33 68881 70 94 Lee Scott [email protected] FRANCE South – L’Horte Paul Barnes [email protected] Theresa Roberts T: +33 467 953 938 [email protected] T: +44 7765 461594 FRANCE South West – Villereal David Rollston-Smith Tokyo [email protected] Trevor Webster T: +33 5 53 40 98 05 [email protected]

FRANCE Var – Lorgues Anita Rieu-Sicart Allan Stewart [email protected] [email protected] T: +33 04 94 04 49 60 T: +352 621 263751 www.conservativesluxembourg.org

Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 5 Lesley Taylor BEM Colin Blackwell [email protected] [email protected] T: +356 77 451 556 [email protected] T: +65 9011 5567 MOROCCO – Tangier David Ashworth SOUTH [email protected] The Macmillan Club T: +212600126944 Philippe-Joseph Salazar [email protected] MEXICO T: +27 82 902 1207 Jose Antonio Del Valle Philip Engelen [email protected] [email protected] T: +52 15543 468668 T: +27 21 689 3594 Christian Borrman Ian Wason [email protected] [email protected] T: +44 7795 248548 T: +27 82 444 0070

NETHERLANDS Johannesburg Malcolm Smith Martin Sprott [email protected] [email protected] T: +31 172 588381 T: +27 83 980 2336

OMAN SPAIN Costa del Sol Nabil Albusaidi Alex Radford [email protected] [email protected] T: +968 961 2 9473 M: +34 6714 80001

POLAND Warsaw SPAIN Ibiza Marek Matraszek Pamela Deakin MBE [email protected] [email protected] T: +48 601 336040 T: +34 9713 42243 M: +34 6067 12126 Bucharest Juan Gamecho SPAIN Javea [email protected] Gaile Griffin-Peers T: +40 21 233 8409 [email protected] M: +40 722 291 700 SPAIN Jaime Gamell-Riera William Patrick Harford [email protected] [email protected] T: +34 680 499 360 Terry Madill [email protected]

6 Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 SPAIN Mallorca USA & Brooklyn Peter Newey Ben Lewis [email protected] [email protected] T: +34 659 244 538 T: +1 919 600 3708

SPAIN USA Anne Reardon-Smith Isabel M Carden MBE [email protected] [email protected] T: +34 933 351 135 T: +1 917 402 6999 T: +1 212 861 2126 Bangkok Amanda Pullinger Simon Allison [email protected] [email protected] T: +66 26 319766 USA T: +66 66 319766 Mark Whelan [email protected] Ankara & Aydin T: +1 415 318 6396 Klaus Jurgens MSc [email protected] Mary Toman T: +90 555 493 6829 [email protected]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi USA Peter Michelmore OBE Patrick Roughneen [email protected] [email protected] T: +971 2622 2636 M: +971 5061 59426 USA Washington DC Michael Burton-Prateley DUBAI [email protected] Laura Hutchins T: +1 443 841 7374 [email protected] T: +1 443 564 5561 T: +971 52 837 1794 Catherine Bray [email protected] USA Chicago T: +1 202 352 7485 Bart Smith [email protected] GIBRALTAR USA (Part of the SW region rather Jackie Brownhill than Conservatives Abroad). [email protected] T: +1 727 736 8087 Jim Watt The Conservative Party USA PO Box 6, Gibraltar Stephen Shaw T: +350 200 73285 [email protected] [email protected] T: +1 212 203 4310 www.conservatives.gi

Conservatives Abroad Directory | 2015 7 YOUR VOTE MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Policies created in the UK have a direct influence on expatriates wherever you live. Conservatives Abroad work hard to address the rights of all UK citizens living overseas and to encourage voter registration by making the process easier.

Value your Vote Tell your overseas family and friends register now about Conservatives Abroad www.gov.uk/register-to-vote www.conservativesabroad.org

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