Former Rotherham Candidate is new Party Chief Exec (Rotherham & Barnsley Liberal Democrats)

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Former Rotherham Candidate is new Party Chief Exec

November 30, 2011 2:23 PM
By Steve Scutt, Rotherham & Barnsley Party Treasurer

It has been announced today that our candidate for Rotherham in the 2005 General Election, Tim Gordon, will be the Party's new Chief Executive, taking up his position in January 2012.

Tim Farron, the Party President, says that Tim "brings to the role a lifetime of commitment to the Party, as a volunteer, campaigner and candidate, but also a strong commercial background and clearly demonstrated leadership qualities.

Tim Gordon has been a Party activist since his teens, when he first volunteered for the SDP "Yes to Unity" campaign, and has since campaigned in every major election. He stood as parliamentary candidate in Rotherham in 2005. He worked as a researcher for David Steel when he was Foreign Affairs spokesperson, and has been a member of several policy working groups over the years. He is currently an active member in Islington.

Tim Gordon's professional career has been shaped in the world of strategic business management. He started at the Financial Times, before working at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and most recently as Group Development Director at European Directories, a large European media company. Through this career Tim has demonstrated strategic thinking, use of online technology to deliver change, fundraising ability, an understanding of internal organisation dynamics and experience of building alignment around common priorities.

Tim takes over from Chris Fox, who leaves us on Wednesday to take up a new role as Director of Group Communications at a FTSE100 engineering company."

Many will remember Tim as a totally committed candidate in the 2005 election, working hard and achieving second place behind Denis MacShane.