About us European Young Professionals (EYP) London lauched January 2007 and is the first European chapter of the organisation, which promotes links between young business professionals. EYP was founded in Asia in 2005 and has, due to an immense success, expanded to Europe with its first organisation launched in London. EYP is talking to all business professionals who are young at heart, rather than defined by age. The aim of EYP London is to bring together and provide an active support network to all young professionals living and working in London.
The vision is to be innovative, supportive, diverse and to offer a unique, valuable networking experience to all members of EYP London. EYP members are spread among 45 countries; thus, it provides a unique networking platform.
The EYP Board  | James Swanston (Aus) MD James is an entrepreneur who has been in the UK since May 2007. He currently runs an environmental start up called GoLow Transport. | | | | Rune Sovndahl (Den) Rune is an entrepreneur. After 10 years' experience in IT, dot-com and Telecommunications, Rune founded Victor Connectwhich owns and runs a number of popular consumer telecom brands. | | | | Ronny Ellefsen (Nor) Ronny is a co-founder, board member and in charge of the creative side of EYP London. He also runs a successful graphic & web design company in Tape London. | | |  | Nick Jonsson (Swe) | Non-Executive Director Nick is co-founder, board member and non-Executive Director of the European Young Professionals London. | | | | | | The EYP Committee |  | Lisa Marie B. (Pol) | Committee member Lisa Marie is a graduate from the University of Pittsburgh (USA) earning degrees in Journalism and Communications and a Master of Business Administration in International Business and Marketing. | | | |  | Chris Gallagher (GBR) | Committee member Chris has a background in finance and adds a new edge to the organisation. Besides having traveled in more countries than anyone we know, Chris is as English as it gets. | | | |  | Franco Milazzo (It) | Committee member | | | |  | Janet Ng (GBR) | Committee member: Events Janet is an investment funds lawyer at Travers Smith LLP, a city law firm. She comes from Wales and has been based in London since 2003. She is conversant in Cantonese, French, Mandarin and is currently learning Swedish. She joined the Committee in May 2008. | | | |  | Svetlana Nogai (Rus) | Committee member: Memberships Svetlana is a native Russian who has extensive work experience in the financial services industry in Moscow, Frankfurt and now London. | | | |  | Ligia Santos (IT & BR) | Committee member: Marketing A native of Brazil and Italy, Ligia’s work experience embraces marketing, public relations and fashion retail. A Boston University graduate with a Bachelors degree in economics and international relations, she has recently relocated to London from NYC. | | | |  | Dougie Slater (GBR) | Committee member: Event director
Dougie’s ‘day job’ is Director of p.o.p. creative events, tailoring personalised corporate occasions for ‘perfectly original people’. | | | | 
| Katrina Swanston (AUS) | Committee member: PR Director Katrina is a dynamic PR professional who has been based in London since 2004. She currently works for the Farringdon-based consultancy, Verve Communications. | | | |  | Karl Szecowka (GBR/Pol) | Committee member: Events Karl adds most value to EYP by helping the committee in running different activities to ensure that they reach completion. | ·
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