Andrew Cuerden is a British ballroom and Latin American dancer. Born in Zimbabwe, and growing up in South Africa, Cuerden moved to England to further his dance career in 1996. Dancing with partner Hanna Haarala they reached 4th place in the UK amateur Latin rankings, before turning pro on 5 February 2004. He, along with Haarala were chosen to tutor a celebrity in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing - partnered with Jaye Jacobs, he was eliminated in week 2, but performed in many professional demonstrations.
Previously ranked 25th in the world professional Latin rankings with professional partner Hanna Haarala, and 2nd in the Finnish Latin Rankings as well as reaching the Quarter Final of “The International Championships” Professional Latin 2006. Andrew and Hanna retired from competing in May 2008.
Cuerden and Haarala continued to perform their Latin Emotion Cabaret show around the world ad well as touring with Brendan Cole's “Live & Unjudged” stage show for 4 consecutive years, 2009–2012.
Cuerden created Dance Savoir Faire Ltd in 2013. A company that offers Ballroom and Latin American Dance related events and services.
Cuerden is also a Yoga Alliance accredited Yoga and meditation coach which he combines with his dance services and events to facilitate holistic well-being.
In January 2021 Cuerden joined Soulhub Ltd founded by Carmen Rendell to help co-create the wellbeing business and community including Soulwalk and the Soulhubbers Podcast.
Ana Maria Teles Carreira is an Angolan ambassador who has performed diplomatic duties in Thailand, India, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and Ghana.
Jessica Canseco (née Sekely; December 4, 1972 in Ashland, Ohio) is the former wife of Jose Canseco and author of a biography of her life with Canseco entitled Juicy: Confessions of a Former Baseball Wife. She would later wed and divorce Garth Fisher, and star in Hollywood Exes.
Helmut Böck}} Helmut Böck is an Austrian diplomat and Ambassador. On 1 July 2008 he was formally accredited as the Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in Vienna.
Helmut Böck holds a doctoral degree in Law and a translator's diploma for English and Spanish from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, a master's degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges.
He also served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (2001–2005) and Consul General in Hong Kong (1997–2001). Prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative in 2008, he served as Head of the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria, from 2005 to 2008. He served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO (PrepCom) in Vienna, Austria till 2012. After that he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa and 6 other Pacific States, and served at the Austrian Embassy in Canberra, Australia (2012-2016).
From 2017-2021, he served as Austrian Consul General at the Austrian Consulate General in New York, USA.