NOMINATIONS
Nomination for District Governor 2025-26
Lion Chandra Kumar – Nominee for MD105SE
District Governor 2025-2026
PERSONAL:
My name is Chandra Kumar and I am married to Renu, a Chartered Accountant in the Civil service now retired. I have one daughter working as a doctor with NHS and married to a teacher. My early education was in India and at 19 I moved to England, studied at the University of London, graduated with an Engineering degree, followed by a PGD in Industrial (Business) Admin and PG Cert In Education from University of London. I have had a varied career particularly in the computer industry both as an engineer and a Consultant. I also had my own business for nearly 29 years in the electrical sector and finally retired as a teacher. Now as retired I can bring this vast richness of skills and experience to the post.
CLUB MEMBER:
Over the years I have been involved in various community and service organisations helping to raise large funds for a variety of charities both local and international.
I was introduced to Lionism at an early age, whereby my father was the Chartered member of New Delhi South Lions club, India, in the late fifties and I can remember receiving the then LCI President at Delhi Airport. However a number of years passed until the year 2000 when I joined the Woolwich Lions.
MY LIONS CAREER:
Soon on joining I got involved in the club activities and took on various responsibilities. I have been the club President four times, been a treasurer, membership chair, health and Safety officer, Vulnerable Persons Officer, Lion Tamer and still continuing as the club secretary since last five years. I have also been a Zone Chairman and A Speech and hearing officer with a second term as Zone Chairman this current year. I have also been a guiding Lion for the club and was primarily responsible for the club achieving a CIO status. Before being nominated for 2VDG in 2023 I had been the secretary of the club for over 5 years and now as 1st VDG since rear 24-25 and looking forward to my year as DG in 25-26. My VDG training has been in earnest with LCI and will be completingthis and MD sessions in the coming months leading to joining the training session in Feb in Chicago. All along as VDG it has been a climbing learning curve as part of the DG team.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT:
I am fortunate to have the total support of my family and the Club members, whom I call my family of Lions. I am totally committed to the cause of Lionism and ready for any challenges that my role can throw at me. I believe in leadership with consensus and team work and can motivate and encourage all Lions to join with me to build on our past and create a good and formidable future for the District 105SE.
Over the last two years I have been continually amazed at the dedication of the lions and the impact this has had on our communities as a whole. My priorities will be, once again, to formulate a forward thinking policy and listen to the concerns of the of the members and ways of motivating them.
I would focus on Visiting clubs hopefully in the District and identify best practices to ''Serve'' the community and discover emerging leaders. On progressing to DG I shall learn good practices from my predecessors and use their knowledge and experience to take the District to new heights.
So far I have been fulfilling my obligations and learning and importantly enjoying meeting new faces. It is daunting at times but a responsible and a challenging position and will continue to meet any new requirements and responsibilities. Motivating myself and the district to be serving with passion, driving the goals of the district into the future and '' Making a difference''
My Motto for my year as DG will be:
'' Change- a way forward'' Accept with pride and Serve.
I look forward to your support in this, my mission, for Lionism.
Nomination for 1st Vice District Governor 2025-26
LION DAVID HARVEY
Folkestone Hythe & District Lions have pleasure in unanimously nominating Lion David Harvey as candidate for the post of 1st Vice District Governor 2024-2025
David has been a Lion since 2015 when he was invited to join the former Folkestone Lions Club (now Folkestone Hythe & District Lions Club) and has since held the position of President on two occasions, latterly for a two year tenure during the very trying lockdown period. David is the Club's longstanding Activity Chair and also holds a position in Cabinet as Region Chair (Kent) Lions International 105SE having completed his tenure as Zone Chair. Since becoming the 2nd Vice District Governor in July 2024 David is now one of the districts Health & Safety advisors having completed the IOSH run by Multi-District.
Since becoming 2nd VDG David has passed the reins of Activity Chair to his deputy Ann McGovern and currently acts as an Activity Consultant particularly when it comes to his club's largest events being the Family Fun Day (formerly Donkey Derby) and Boxing Day Dip.
David is certainly a person who devotes his spare time to helping others being Chair of Trustee of Folkestone Rescue, a Trustee (Treasurer) of the National Independent Lifeboat Association, the Boating Officer for Ashford Sea Cadets and Governor of RNLI. David is also the First Responder in Emergency Care Level 3 Trained to provide help and support to the South East Ambulance Service as a volunteer and when requested, responding to 999 emergency calls. When invited to take the position of Chair of Trustees of Touch Base Care, (a charity that encourages members with mental health issues to become involved with activities such as (inter alia) painting, singing, working a small farm plot, growing flowers/vegetables, David accepted immediately having been involved on the periphery, and felt this was such a worthwhile appointment. David also provides First Aid cover for events from Boot Fairs to the International Sambo Competition
Previously David has held positions of Operations Director for Norman House (Carers Support), a 10 year tenure as Treasurer for the Ashford Air Cadets and Chairman of Ashford Air Cadets.
David's education: Electronics & Technical Design – HND, Mechanical Engineering – Diploma, Computer Science – City & Guilds, O'Levels in Computer Studies, Electronics, English, Maths, Physics.
Unsurprisingly David was invited as the first child in Rotherham to have a home computer to tour and spend time at CBM when they launched the PET computer. David installed his first IBM PC in MEG Instrumentation the first private company in Sheffield to have an IBM PC.
Until 2000 David's working life had been in I.T., working as a civilian contractor to Bae Systems – Saudi Arabia Tornado Project and as a specialist contractor employed by companies such as Lombard North Central, Dresdner Bank, Bankers Trust, Texaco, Asda, Kleinwort Benson, RBS, ABN, System House, Bank of America, Robertson Stephens (as Head of European Networks).
It was in the year 2000 that David met his now ex-wife Sarah and decided to leave the world of I.T. behind. David and Sarah moved to Folkestone from Ashford in 2010 having first opened their new venture, a toy shop in 2003 which has since evolved and become Frizbee Ltd, which provides (inter alia) embroidery, garment printing, paper printing, large format printing, kartoons and Kent School Uniforms.
David met his new partner Joanna this year and having proposed at sunset on the island of Kos, they are now happily engaged to be married. David has two children Jake and Kirstie from his first marriage and
As can be gleaned from the aforementioned, David has worked across the world during his I.T. career Tel Aviv being his favourite.
David's claim to fame is his Great Great Uncle, Lord Ernest Rutherford, "The Father of Nuclear Physics" who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 and David's Grandfather held the Chair of Electronic Engineering at Birmingham University.
David is very much "hands on" and is a very involved member of our Club. David promotes not just the Club but the Lions generally at every opportunity. David is the first to volunteer his time, to help whenever and wherever possible, and not just the community at large but also his fellow Lions. David will be exceptional in representing all Lions in the District and we have no doubt that he will be a great asset to Cabinet in the role of 1st Vice District Governor.
David has had a busy first six months as 2nd Vice District Governor meeting with as many Clubs as possible and embracing the role and is looking forward to continuing his journey with Lions.
Nomination for 2nd Vice District Governor 2025-26
No Nominations for 2VDG have been received by the due date.
Closing date was November 15th for nominations.
