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Rotary District 3140

Revenue Districts of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai - India

TRF Trustee Chair William B. Boyd 

William B. Boyd, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand retired in 1995 as General Manager of Gordon & Gotch Magazines Ltd., New Zealand’s largest magazine distributor. He is a Trustee of New Zealand’s Trees for Survival Trust and the June Gray Trust and has represented Rotary on the National Kidney Foundation and the Intellectually Handicapped Society.

 

He has been an elder and Youth Leader of the Presbyterian Church and a warranted Scout Leader, and has referred rugby union football for 31 years. He was chair of the Rotary Down Under Management Committee.

 

A Rotarian since 1971. Bill is a member of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga. He has served Rotary International as district governor (83- 84), training leader, moderator of the International Assembly, committee member and chair, including deputy chair of the New Zealand National Polio Plus Committee, assistant deputy coordinator of Polio Plus partners, task force assistant general coordinator, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, Director (98- 00) and Treasurer (99- 00) of the RI Board and RI President (2006- 07) where his theme was Lead The Way.

 

He is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and its Distinguished Service Award. He has also received a Distinguished Service Award from Rotary Down Under. Bill and his wife Lorna live in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. They have two sons and two daughters and 11 grandchildren.