EuRA is managed by a dedicated team of professionals who share a common professional interest in global mobility and the betterment of the relocation industry service provision. As well as the team of empassioned professionals who run the day to day operations from our UK based office, EuRA enjoys the support of elected council members from around Europe who represent their local regions.
Over the past four months we've been running an online social media competition, featuring childhood pics of EuRA's Team, Board and Strategic Consultants. The person guesses the most correctly will win a complimentary place at our EuRA Global Conference in Ho Chi Minh.
Day to day activities are coordinated by EuRA's appointed CEO Tad Zurlinden and COO Dominic Tidey. They are supported by the permanent EuRA office team which is based in the UK. Briony Horwood, Maria Manly and Maree Turner help coordinate our membership, accreditation and education programmes, administration, research, communications and events.
EuRA also has a team of 5 Strategic Consultants, each experts in their fields who bring specific expertise to our organisation. They are; Gordon Kerr, Strategic Consultant Legal Services; Fiona Klomp, Strategic Consultant Communications; Peggy Love Strategic Consultant Intellectual Property; Carmelina Lawton Smith, Strategic Consultant Education and Martina Scharwey, Strategic Consultant EuRA Global Quality Seal.
EuRA is managed by an elected governing council of nine, with a President and a Vice-President in office for a period of one year, which can be extended to two at the invitation of the Council. Council members serve for a two year term on a voluntary basis. Each council member represents their local region, ensuring any national issues are addressed on a European level.
The Executive Group is made up of representatives from EuRA's five regions; Northern consisting the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Finland; Southern consisting France,Spain, Portugal, Italy & Greece; Central consisting Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Benelux consisting Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg; Eastern consisting Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia & Ukraine
The Executive Group of EuRA is made up from members who are elected to serve a three year term. Executive Group Members may serve a maximum of two terms. Stuart McAlistair, the representative for the Eastern Region and EuRA Vice President, has come to the end of his second term which has created a vacancy. Two candidates have submitted an application to serve, so an election will now take place.
The candidates for the Eastern Region are:
Successful candidates will take their place on the Executive Group in June 2019.
Alistair Murray - representing the Northern Region and Isabel Cudell - representing the Southern Region have reached the end of their first term. Both have indicated their willingness to serve a second term and were unopposed. Therefore they are duly reappointed.
We would like to say an extra special thank you to both Helmut Berg and Peggy Love. We have awarded them the EuRA Award for Exceptional Contribution in recognition of their tireless efforts and support in promoting the mission and values of EuRA.