Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Conservatives have selected Will Goodhand as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate ahead of the next General Election.
Will, who is managing director at a global market research company, has led on a number of campaigns for the Party and since 2009 has been an active member of the Party's Project Umubano in Rwanda.
He also serves as Secretary of the Conservative Friends of Bangladesh and using his experiences on Project Umubano is planning a social action project in Bangladesh this year.
Commenting on the upcoming campaign in the constituency, he said: "I will relish committing every last drop of my energies as we work for victory in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland."