Past Presidents

Every Rotary club is led by a president who serves a single Rotary year, from July to June, then hands the role on to the next. It's a volunteer job and a real commitment: chairing meetings, steering the year's projects and fundraising, and being the club's main face in the community. Here are the dedicated people who have led our club over the past 60+ years.

Year	President
1964–65	P.D.G. Les Stewart
1965–66	P.D.G. Peter Rigg
1966–67	Neil Gatman JP
1967–68	Mac Cole
1968–69	Tom Rutter
1969–70	Michael Vautier
1970–71	Bill Earwaker MBE
1971–72	Selwyn Lloyd JP OBE
1972–73	Gordon Cashmore
1973–74	Harry Holder JP
1974–75	Des Russek JP
1975–76	Eric Forbes
1976–77	Jock Wight
1977–78	Allan Scott
1978–79	Marshal Stewart
1979–80	Peter Poulton
1980–81	Eric Brookbanks
1981–82	Bob Urban
1982–83	Gilbert Johnston
1983–84	Pat Reinhardt
1984–85	Ed Hylton JP
1985–86	Warwick Burrell
1986–87	G. Balasundram
1987–88	Graeme McCarty
1988–89	P.D.G. Roger Manuel
1989–90	Alan Thomas
1990–91	Gray Jamieson
1991–92	John Adams
1992–93	Bruce Douglas
1993–94	Fred Hoogveld
1994–95	Keith Hunter
1995–96	Jack Ridley E.D./Q.S.O.
1996–97	Purshottam Krishnan
1997–98	Bob Morse
1998–99	Merv Huxford
1999–2000	Don Dennis
2000–01	Peter Rowell
2001–02	Ian M. Carpenter
2002–03	John van der Sluis
2003–04	Neville Fraser
2004–05	Frans Geurts
2005–06	Suman Mistry
2006–07	Doug Parker
2007–08	Lois Newby
2008–09	Bjorn Modigh
2009–10	James Murray
2010–11	Stuart Fluker
2011–12	Nigel Rigg
Jul 2012 – Jan 2013	Bjorn Modigh
Feb 2013 – Jun 2013	Peter Rowell
2013–14	Brenton Faithfull
2014–15	Peter Little
2015–16	Neville Cullen
2016–17	Billy Beggs
2017–18	Bruce Davies
2018–19	Sharon Maxwell
2019–21	Karen Bonnici
	Club becomes the Rotary Club of Orewa-Millwater
2021–22	Rakesh Mistry
2022–23	Kristy Wei
2023–24	Robbie Hodgkinson
2024-25	Caroline Campbell
2025-26	Suman Mistry
2026-27	Mick Shaw

Sources: the “Presidents of Orewa Rotary” board (1964–2012) and the Bruce Douglas Memorial Board (2012–Present).