Bruce Allen

Born in North Parramatta, Bruce retired from full time work in 1999. Up until very recently, he spent his time balancing life between his many Rotary commitments, family life and running his own management and marketing consultancy.

Bruce’s first Rotary experience was when he joined the Rotary Club of Blackwood, Adelaide in 1979. On transfer back to Sydney in 1986, he joined the Rotary Club of Castle Hill and was President in 1991/92. He was Assistant Governor – Clubs to DG Michael van Heeswyk in 2000/01 and was Group Study Exchange Leader to The Netherlands in 2001. In 2002/03, he was the District International Adviser to DG Harold Sharp as well as District Group Study Exchange Chairman.

Bruce was District Governor of District 9680 in the Centenary year 2004-05 and considers himself privileged to serve in that capacity. It was a very special year for all Rotarians as we all rejoiced, not only in the great history of our organisation, but in the opportunities we have to tackle the many challenges facing us in the future. During that year the tsunami struck with a vengeance in the South East Asia region and our Tsunami Relief Committee was formed under the Chairmanship of Bruce. He was appointed Foundation Chairman for District 9680 in July 2006 and held this position until the end of June 2009. He has been selected as his District’s representative at the 2010 Council on Legislation and now works for Rotary International as Manager of The Rotary Foundation South Pacific & Philippines Office in Parramatta.

Bruce is married to Dita, whose family emigrated from The Netherlands in 1955. They married in 1962. They have two children, Marisa and Stuart, two delightful grandchildren in Harry and Hilary, and now live at North Parramatta. He tries hard to play good golf, but fails more often than not.

Bruce shall be speaking at Make An Impact on Saturday morning