About the District Governor role

The District Governor encourages friendly relations between all clubs in the District as well as with Rotary International.

The District Governor conducts an offfical visit to with each club in the District to raise awareness of important Rotary issues, to provide special attention to weak and struggling clubs, to motivate club members to participate in service activities and recognise the contribution of Rotarians.

The District Governor issues a monthly newsletter to all clubs and Rotarians in the District.

The District Governor conducts District meetings, including the District Conference, and leadership and training events.

About David Storrie

David was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in July 1942. He is married to Carole and has four children and ten grandchildren.

He was educated at Wadhurst Primary School in East Sussex and at St Georges School, Tunbridge Wells until moving to London in 1955 when he studied at Pitman's College in Ealing.

Aspiring to be a journalist, he joined Reuters in Fleet Street in 1958 as a junior assistant. Eventually he ended up on the "City" desk receiving all the stock exchange prices from around the world and conveying them to the financial editors across Fleet Street. In 1960 he decided to take a more local job and joined the construction company Taylor Woodrow Limited, who were one of the largest construction companies in the Country.

He joined the Secretarial Department and was given responsibility of looking after the investments of the company and its shareholders. He was promoted to the post of Company Registrar in 1967, a post he retained until taking early retirement in 2002. During his service with Taylor Woodrow, he received an award from Proshare by the Captains of Industry for excellent service to Shareholders.

He was invited to join the Rotary Club of Greenford in 1987. He has held many posts within the club including being President in 1991/2 and again in 2001/2. He has served on various District Committees for over fourteen years and has chaired several committees. He was District Secretary from 2005-2009.

His interests are looking at various conspiracy theories and giving talks to various Rotary Clubs on his findings. The most prominent being the talk on "Why they sank the Titanic" and also "Marilyn Monroe".

District Roles held by David in previous Rotary Years

• District Governor Elect (2009-2010)
• District Secretary (2008-2009)
• District Governor Nominee (2008-2009)

Past holders of the District Governor role

• Martin Gudde (2009-2010)
• Wally K. Daly (2008-2009)
• Colin Mathews (2007-2008)
• Clive Amos (2006-2007)
• Robert Morris (2005-2006)
• Colin Bryant (2004-2005)
• Robert Hunter (2003-2004)
• Don Merritt (2001-2002)
• Sydney Parker (2000-2001)

Inside this section: District Governor

• District Governor News
• Rotary International Theme 2010-2011 - Building Communities, Bridging Continents

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