Garreth Bloor

Garreth Bloor is South African politician representing the Democratic Alliance. He was elected to the Cape Town City Council in 2011 and subsequently appointed to the Mayoral Committee in February 2013. He is in his second Mayoral role heading Tourism, Events and Marketing, having previously served as Mayoral Committee member for Economic, Environment and Spatial Planning.

Education

Bloor studied at the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Cape Town in Film and Media Studies.[1] He served as Vice President the Student Representative Council in 2008 and currently is a member of the university's board.[2]

Career

Journalist

Prior to taking up an elective office Bloor worked as a journalist with BSkyB and Avusa (currently Times Media Group), with assignments in Washington, D.C..[1]

Politician

Bloor was first elected to the Cape Town City Council in 2011. He was appointed chair of the directorate portfolio committee for Economic, Environment and Spatial Planning in July 2011,[3] and then as a member of the Mayoral Committee in 2013, by far the youngest serving member of the city executive.[3] On his appointment Executive Mayor Patricia De Lille stated: "He has taken the lead in not only driving major projects of economic growth initiatives through his committee but has undertaken extensive engagements with external stakeholders, both domestic and abroad, especially in the business community".[4]

Memberships

Bloor is an associate at the Parliamentary Institute of South Africa.[5]

Recognition

In 2008 he received a Culture of Enterprise Award from former US Attorney General Edwin Meese III for his research into "enterprise and a humane economy" [2]

The Cape Town Press Club awarded him its Graduate Bursary Award in 2010, recognising "over 500 articles published locally and abroad with contributions to over a dozen publications undertaken".[6]

He was ranked 16th on the Democratic Alliance's 2014 Western Cape Parliamentary list for the National Assembly,[7] a seat the party won as the Official Opposition in the South African Parliament. He however remained in the metropolitan government's executive and heads Tourism, Events and Marketing as Mayoral Committee Member.[8]

St Gallen University in Switzerland has named him of the Top 100 global Leaders of Tomorrow at their annual symposium in May 2014.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Garreth Bloor: Staff reporter". Gearburn. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 http://www.uct.ac.za/about/governance/council/members/
  3. 1 2 "Garreth Bloor". Global Shapers. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=355176&sn=Detail
  5. ↑ http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/Newsrunner/Story.asp?intContentID=824
  6. ↑ http://www.capetownpc.org.za/announcements/uct-student-awarded-2010-ctpc-graduate-bursary.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71656?oid=521491&sn=Detail&pid=71656
  8. ↑
    //http://news.iafrica.com/sa/939005.html
  9. ↑
    http://2014.globeseries.com/portfolio/garreth-bloor-city-councillor-member-mayoral-committee-city-cape-town/
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