Catherine BEARDER

REGICommittee on Regional Development
DACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

INTACommittee on International Trade
TRANCommittee on Transport and Tourism
D-USDelegation for relations with the United States

• Attended Hawthorns School, Frinton on Sea, Essex, and St Christopher School, Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Manager, Bicester Citizen's Advice Bureau (1990-1994); Development Officer, National Federation of Women's Institutes (1994-1998); Development Officer, Victim Support, Oxfordshire (1998-2000); Regional Director - South East, Britain in Europe (2001-2009).
• Chair, Banbury Liberal Democrats; Chair, Liberal Democrats Conference Committee; member of the Federal Conference Committee, ELDR delegation and the Lib Dem International Relations Committee. Parliamentary candidate for Banbury (1997) and Henley (2001); European Parliamentary candidate for South East Region (1999 and 2004).
• Councillor: Cherwell County Council (1994-1999); Oxfordshire County Council (2003-2004).
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.