Southgate and Wood Green Conservatives have selected Eric Sukumaran, a renewable energy entrepreneur and specialist in international development, as their candidate for Parliament.
Eric brings a wealth of experience from the private sector, government, and international institutions. He is a former civil servant who worked on integrating health and social care at the local level, as well as on international climate treaties. He moved on to the World Bank where he has worked on economic development and climate-related assistance across Africa. He has also run his own renewable energy development and advisory business, which operates in the UK and internationally. He is passionate about supporting local businesses, preserving our green belt, and making sure solutions that reduce emissions don’t place the burden on taxpayers.
Having grown up in north east London, frequently visiting family and friends in the constituency, Eric took a big leap and moved to America to attend the University of Pennsylvania before moving to work in Singapore and New York, where he met his wife, Lindsay. He moved back home 14 years ago.
Upon being selected for the new Southgate and Wood Green seat, Eric said, “Southgate and Wood Green is a wonderful and diverse place that I’ve known with great fondness since childhood. I am touched and honoured to be the Conservative candidate. In the short time we have before the election, I cannot wait to meet as many constituents as possible. I pledge to work tirelessly for them should they place their trust in me and send me to Parliament.
"Straight after my selection, I was delighted to hit the ground running campaigning in Southgate with the Conservative party Chairman, Richard Holden.”
Chair of Southgate and Wood Green Conservatives Shyamala Lennon said: “We are really pleased to have in Eric an experienced candidate who has chosen to enter politics after a career in both the private and public sector. Eric will bring real life experience and practical ideas to public life at a time when it is sorely needed. With trust in politics at an all time low, Eric will bring his all his considerable energy to win the voters' trust after they have been repeatedly let down by a Labour MP and a Labour Council.”
Eric is pictured here with Conservative Party Chairman, Richard Holden MP.
