24 September 2007 - Press Release - Dr. Julia Djarova has been appointed Vice-Chairman and Statutory Director of ECORYS International as of 1 September 2007. With this appointment, the Board of ECORYS International now consists of Mr Hugh Williams (Chairman) and Ms Julia Djarova (Vice-Chairman). ECORYS International is responsible for the work of ECORYS offices outside the UK and the Netherlands.

Ms. Julia Djarova has been with ECORYS since 1996 and has held several positions within the company and its predecessor NEI (Netherlands Economic Institute). Since January 2005 she has been a Managing Partner and Director International Markets for the Region, Strategy and Entrepreneurship division of ECORYS Netherlands. In January 2006, she was appointed Market Director EU Enlargement for the ECORYS Group, being responsible for business development in the EU Enlargement Area. In addition to her new role as Vice-Chairman, Ms Djarova will also continue in her role as Market Director for EU Enlargement of ECORYS Group.

Mr Hugh Williams, chairman of the Board of Management of the ECORYS Group and ECORYS International: “We are very pleased with the appointment of Ms Djarova. Her professional experience and her vast international network have been a great asset to ECORYS Group since she joined our company. We are convinced that in her new position Ms Djarova will make significant contributions to the further development of our company.”

Ms Julia Djarova: “ECORYS has much to offer to the new member states and the candidate countries. We have a strong network of offices in Central and Eastern Europe, a region in which we have been active since the early 1990s. Virtually all our disciplines have contributed to our success in the region. I am looking forward to develop further our standing in this region as well as to strengthen our position in other parts of the world”.

Information on the ECORYS Group
The ECORYS group comprises ECORYS Nederland, ECOTEC Research and Consulting (UK) and ECORYS International. ECORYS is one of the largest knowledge companies in Europe working on economic, social and spatial development. ECORYS make its contributions to society with 580 highly qualified in-house staff, who work for public and private sector clients worldwide. ECORYS has offices in Amsterdam, Ankara, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Madrid, Manchester, Moscow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Prague, Rotterdam, Sofia and Warsaw; and representative offices in Washington, Manilla, Kyiv and Zagreb.

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