NOMINATIONS
Nomination for District Governor 2026-27
LION DAVID HARVEY
Folkestone Hythe & District Lions have pleasure in unanimously nominating Lion David Harvey as candidate for the post of District Governor 2026-2027
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.
David is certainly a person who devotes his spare time to helping others, being a Trustee of
Folkestone Rescue, a Trustee 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, responds to 999 emergency calls. 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).
David moved 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 Uniform.
David married Joanne in 2025, and has two children Jake and Kirstie from his previous marriage and Sarah has a daughter Kayleigh and they both enjoy Dexter, their grandson.
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, not just the community at large but also his fellow Lions. David will be exceptional in representing all Lions in the District, and we do not doubt that he will be a great asset to Cabinet in the role of District Governor.
Nomination for 1st Vice District Governor 2026-27
LION PETER LI
Peter has been a Lion since 2021 and is a member of Bromley Lions Club where he is the treasurer and trustee.
He's an active member of the club and attends service and fundraising activities throughout the year.
In 2022, at the invitation of 2VDG Steve Carley, he instigated the New Voices initiative in the district and became the first District Office for New Voices in PDG Rizvi Rawoof's cabinet.
He reprised the New Voices lead role in 2023 in PDG Paul Dedman's cabinet and added a number of New Voices reps to support him.
In 2024, in DG Steve Carley's cabinet he took on the role of GMT Chairman with a focus on supporting clubs with recruitment and retention, handing over New Voices to Pam Edwards as the new lead.
In 2025 he took on the role of 2nd Vice District Governor and GMT Chairman, enjoying the regular visits to the 18 clubs on his list for the year.
OTHER VOLUNTEERING
Peter is a seasoned volunteer and has had various committee and coaching positions in sports clubs since 2003, where he first came across Chinatown Lions Club who organised an annual Dragon Boat event in Albert Dock, East London.
Since 2021 he has been a Sectional Assistant for Columbus Explorer Scout Unit based at the 15th Bromley Group site.
SKILLS
Peter's IT career began in 1987 and in 2025, after mostly technical and management roles, which gave him plenty of opportunity to travel the world and meet lots of people, he retired from full time work and now spends his time running an online sports equipment website, working as a dragon boat helm and supporting his volunteering roles.
He's a Level 4 Dragon Boat coach and advanced race helm and enjoys spending time teaching students the British Dragon Boat Association coaching curriculum.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
He's a former World (Szeged, Hungary 2013) and European (Nottingham, UK 2012) Dragon Boat champion.
He organised all the Dragon Boats participating in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant in 2012.
He crewed a Neolithic boat for a Discovery Channel USA documentary about how early man might have transported the smaller bluestones from the Preseli Hills in Wales to Stonehenge.
He was an official timekeeper at the 2012 Olympic Games working in the finish tower for the canoe events in Eton Dorney with the Omega team.
He appeared on 3 episodes of the TV show Pointless, with his daughter Rebecca.
PERSONAL
Peter was born in Mauritius to a Hong Kong Chinese father and a Half Chinese and Half Creole mother, both have unfortunately passed away.
He has 3 grown up children, Rebecca, Lion Amy (a member of Bromley Lions Club) and Daniel.
He enjoys travel with his partner Lion Sarah McBride, they were recently given a motorhome which they are using extensively, planning trips throughout Europe.
He is looking forward to getting stuck into the role of FVDG and bringing his energy and ideas to the role.
Nomination for 2nd Vice District Governor 2026-27
I would like to thank my club Rottingdean & Saltdean Lions for their nomination for me to go forward for the post of 2nd vice District Governor 2026 - 2027.
I have been a Lion since 2013. My roles in my club have included chairing the fundraising committee for a number of years to being Lion President for two years running. Currently, I write articles for local magazines detailing our activities while also encouraging new members to join us. Also, I keep in touch with Friends of Lions, made up of past members and some possible new members, but all good associates of our club.
Over the last couple of years, I have been Zone Chair for 1c, Lions International 105SE, District. The was a rewarding job. My partner Lucy joined me in getting to know our clubs across the Zone. Lucy has made some good friends and enjoyed meeting members from different clubs. I have told Lucy, if I should have the honour to go forward as 2nd Vice District Governor, we will meet members across the District.
Currently, I am the Region Chair 1 for Sussex, and I coordinate the Global Service Team for our District. This is broadening my experience while making me more aware of the great service activities of our club. I have found that good service out in our communities can lead to the recruitment of new members, as they feel they want to be involved in what we do. I am also a Guiding Lion in my Zone.
I have spent thirty-four years in the Aerospace Industry. I started out as a scientist, moving into technical leadership roles, project management and marketing. I worked in the area of Avionics and spent twenty years working on research technology targeting the Airbus A380 platform. I spent some time in Toulouse, France where I visited the production line for the A380. At the time, it was thought someone could do their apprenticeship on this project and then spend their whole forty-year career on this production line. Oh, the best laid plans of mice and men.
Bid management was the next stage of my career, and I worked for a small company that provided bid support to our clients. More recently, I have gone freelance as a qualified copywriter, which led to me becoming a specialised note taker for disabled university students. I also train students in the use of Assistive Technology to help in their studies. I have worked with a range of universities from Portsmouth, Chichester, Sussex, Kingston, London School of Arts, London School of Economics, Westminster University, London University and Oxford University.
Also, I now mentor autistic students. I have found this to be most rewarding in doing my best to enable them to fulfil their potential. These students can be very talented in their particular sphere of interest.
As part of my many hobbies, I coordinate a Create Writing Group in a local library. We aim to support each other in our writing goals through workshops while promoting the use of libraries. As we all know, unfortunately, many libraries are under pressure of closure in these difficult times.
I have had a varied career over the years. My approach has always been to work as a team with a focus on meeting
goals. I believe it is best to work with consensus and to use persuasion and strength of argument in agreeing on what to do next. I would bring this method of working to the role of 2nd Vice District Governor.
If I am supported to go forward as 2nd Vice District Governor, I will be very honoured.
