Rotary involvement in climate change mitigation in the Mekong Delta, a global hot spot

Rhys has 30 years’ experience in transnational education, managing the delivery of Australian university courses (RMIT and Victoria Universities) with partners in many countries and witnessing the transformation of many lives through this process.

Rhys also has diverse experiences in vocational education and training, including running a group employment scheme in sport and recreation, and delivering a large international insurance and finance distance education program.

Rhys has been active in the not-for-profit sectors through his Rotary membership (including his current role as President of Rotary Central Melbourne), and board role for the Vietnam Foundation (VNF). The VNF’s projects include:

• building 10-12 bridges in the Mekong annually;
• providing rainwater collection vats for poor families for potable water;
• recycling bicycles for high school students; and
• the new Build a Future scholarship program which RCM supports.

Rhys’s qualifications are in social science and education.