President

About Thomas Dekker

My name is Thomas Dekker, for the past three years I have studied Dutch Law and Economics at the Erasmus University. Furthermore, I rowed at Skadi and was part of both the EFR-Eurotour committee as well as the High Five committee at the EFR.

As President of the 48th EFR-Board I'm expected to manage and provide support to my fellow Board members. The EFR-Board is a close team, and it's my job to keep things that way. I am the 'face' of the EFR; a faculty association with a great history and an even greater future!

About the President position

Over 4.200 members, more than 120 committee members, seven other motivated board members, and you are the one to determine the direction of this ‘company’. Are you up for your first real management position in which you will build upon the brand EFR, having full support of the university? Then you are the right person to become President of the 49th Board of the EFR.

Maintaining important contacts e.g. with the board of the university, the Mayor, and the Ministry of General Affairs is an essential part of this. Furthermore the President is to determine short and long term planning and will confer on a regular basis with all (student) associations in Rotterdam. Also, the President is to have regular meetings with the supervisory board and is a member of the Allotment Committee of EIAF. The President is expected to spend considerable time and effort on ‘greenfields’ and the positioning of the EFR as a whole. In other words: the President has the final responsibility for the EFR's day-to-day business; a faculty association with a great history and an even greater future.

The President is a highly skilled diplomat and an excellent communicator who is not afraid to make decisions based on incomplete information and has a creative way of dealing with acute problems. When things are going well, you will get all glory, but if things do not run as smoothly as they ought to, the President is expected to assist and therefore she/he is involved in all operations. Leading the EFR for a year is a year of hard work and commitment to the EFR. This is tough, because even when everyone is run-out flat, the President will have to motivate them to make the extra step needed.