Next Lunch Meeting: 9th February, 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 12.30pm to 2.00pm Location: Crystal Ballroom, Holiday Inn Golden Mile, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Guest Speaker: PDG Ada
Topic: Kung Hei Fat Choi
Biography of Speaker:
PDG Ada, a chartered secretary by profession, is the Founder and Managing Director of Andante Management Limited, a management consulting firm. PDG Ada has an international professional background, starting her career in the United Kingdom in 1985 with a prominent retailing company and public listed auctioneer, she went on to gain working experience in Australia for a year. In 1993, she returned to Hong Kong to work for renowned global company formation specialist for almost 19 years. She established her own management consulting firm in 2012. Apart from her service in Rotary, PDG Ada has also involved in other community services including serving as Chairman and Director for The Hong Kong Ballet Group. She has also been serving as the Advisor to the Dance and Arts section for the Arts Development Council since 2007.
A District Governor, who is an officer of Rotary International and represents the RI Board of Directors in the field, leads his/her respective Rotary district. Each Governor is nominated by the clubs of his/her district, and elected by all the clubs meeting in the annual RI Convention held in a different country each year. The district governor appoints assistant governors from among the Rotarians of the district to assist in the management of Rotary activity and multi-club projects in the district.
The District Governors, who have been extensively trained at the worldwide International Assembly, provide the “quality control” for the 34,500 plus Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district.
The District Governor, who must make an official visit to each club in the district, is never regarded as an “inspector general.” Rather, he or she visits as a helpful and friendly adviser to the club officers, as a useful counselor to further the Object of Rotary among the clubs of the district, and as a catalyst to help strengthen the programs of Rotary.
The district governor is a very experienced Rotarian who generously devotes a year to the volunteer task of leadership. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about current Rotary programs, purposes, policies and goals, and is a person of recognized high standing in his or her profession, community and Rotary club. He or she performs a host of specific duties to assure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district, and is responsible to promote and implement all programs and activities of the Rotary International president and the RI Board of Directors.
