The Rotary 9101 District Governor for 2018 – 19 is Akiladi Jeremiah Allen from The Gambia

Below is the CV of Akiladi Jeremiah Allen from The Gambia who is The Rotary 9101 District Governor for 2018 – 19

NAME: Akiladi Jeremiah Allen

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 7 February 1946
  • NATIONALITY: Gambian
  • MARITAL STATUS: Married with children (Coxy, Vibert, Gallandou & Adika)
  • WIFE: Hagar Folashade ALLEN
  • OCCUPATION: Legal Practitioner C/O Mendy-Allen Chambers
  • TEL. NOS: (Office): (+220) 4392150/4392758
    (Home): (+220)4464025 (Mobile): (+220)3363001
  • E-MAIL: akiy2k@hotmail.com / akidg9101.2018to19@gmail.com
  • HOBBIES: Watching TV (football, current affairs) & Reading

EDUCATION:

Date School/University Certificate/Award
1977 Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers M.I.E.E.
1973 – 1975 University of Manchester, Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) on British Council Scholarship. M.Sc. (Tech)
1968 – 1972 University of Western Australia on Commonwealth Scholarship B.E. (Elect.)
1959 – 1967 Gambia High School WAEC Certificate

CAREER:

2010 – to-date Creation of a Roofing Company. Managing Director
1990 – to-date Creation of Banjul Oxygen Ltd. (BOL) Director
1977 – to-date: Gambia Electrical Company Ltd. (GEC)
(An Electrical Contracting and Trading
Limited Liability Company):
– Electrical Mechanical and Solar Installation
– Real Estate Development.
– Trading in Electrical and Building materials. Managing Director
1972 – 1977: Gambia Utilities Corporation (GUC):
– Transmission & Distribution Engineer for Banjul and Provincial Networks. Transmission & Distribution Engineer, GUC
1985 – Management Studies for Small & Medium Enterprises (Sofia, Bulgaria).

PERSONAL HISTORY

2017 to Date National Water & Electricity Corp. (NAWEC) Chairman
2007 to 2014 Ecobank Gambia Limited Chairman
2007 to 2012 Gambia Chamber of Commerce & Industry 1st Vice President
2007 to Date Group Investment Gambia Ltd. (GIG) Chairman
2005 to 2011 National Training Authority 1st Vice Chairman
2005 to 2007 Trade Fair Committee, GCCI Chairman
2004 Small & Medium Enterprise Committee, GCCI. Chairman
2000 to 2003 Special Committee for the Evaluation of National Energy Requirements in The Gambia Chairman
2001 to 2002 Technical Committee National Assembly. Advisor
1998 to 2000 National Water & Electricity Corp. (NAWEC) Chairman

SOCIAL & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

2014 to Date Bishop Stephens Scholarship Trust Fund (BSSF) Chairman
2012 to Date Horizons Trust Fund Trustee
2009 to Date Banjul Reform Club President,
2008 to Date Trinity Church Tech Committee(Methodist Mission) Chairman
2007 to 2008 Gambia Methodist Laymen’s Association Vice Chairman
2000 to 2001 Manojada Group (Charity) President
1991 to 1992 Rotary Club of Banjul President

DISTRICT 9100/9101

Assistant Governor 9100 DAC in Yamoussoukoro, Cote D’Ivoire 2013
PAG, 9101 District Foundation Seminar in Monrovia, Liberia 2013
PAG, Trainer DAC Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands 2012
Assistant Governor District 9100 with PDGs Keteku, Phiaty and Kafando 2009/10 to 2011/12
PAG, Trainer DAC in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2010
AG 9100 Membership Chair, RCB Membership Seminar for Rotary Clubs of Banjul & Fajara. 7th Sept. 2007
DAC in Praia, Cape Verde 2006
Member, RCB DAC in Dakar, Senegal 2003
President, RCB DAC ,Accra, Ghana 1991
Member, RCB DAC, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire 1989
Member, RCB DAC, Freetown, Sierra Leone 1987

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Atlanta, USA 2017
Sao Paolo, Brazil 2015
Bangkok, Thailand 2012
Birmingham, U.K. 2009
Los Angeles, U.S.A. 2008
Chicago, U.S.A. 2005
Barcelona, Spain 2003

CONTRIBUTION TO ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

• 1st Paul Harris Fellow in The Gambia (sponsored by Rtn. PAG Francis Jones) – 1991.
• Sponsored 1 PH 5 others through PDG V.J. Patel’s special offer