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R.I. President Wilfrid Wilkinson 2007-2008 |
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Canada's Wilfrid J. Wilkinson to be RI president in 2007-08
Wilkinson
is choice for president Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, of the Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario, Canada, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2007-08 that convened at RI World Headquarters on 5 December. He will become the president-nominee on 1 January 2006 if there are no challenging candidates. Wilkinson was a founding partner of Wilkinson & Company, Chartered Accountants. Since retiring in 2001, he has served as executive director of the Quinte Ballet School of Canada and Canadian coordinator for the National Association of Forensic Accountants. A Rotarian since 1962, Wilkinson is currently
a PolioPlus National Advocacy Adviser and a member at large of the PolioPlus
Partners Task Force. Previously, he has served RI as district governor,
International Assembly group discussion leader, consultative group member,
committee member and chair, task force member, Foundation trustee, director,
and vice president. Most recently, he was chair of the 2005 Chicago
Convention Committee and vice chair of RI’s Afghan refugee relief
project. The
nominating committee members were Abraham Gordon, USA (chair); Edgar
C. Hatcher Jr., USA (secretary); Gustaaf A. Annokkee, The Netherlands;
Jacques Berthet, France; John T. Blount, USA; Anthony L. Brockington,
USA; Hee-Byung Chae, Korea; Gustavo A. De Obaldia, Panama; Edgar D.
Gifford, USA; Gerson Gonçalves, Brazil; Rafael G. Hechanova,
Philippines; Shizuo Imai, Japan; Masahiro “Masa” Kuroda,
Japan; Jorma Lampén, Finland; David D. Morgan, Wales; Carl S.
Rosenbaum, USA; and O.P. Vaish, India.
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