Derek King CEO of Cargill Enteprises and a Rotarian gave a passionate talk touching on 3 different aspects of his life.

Derek has been at Cargills for fourteen years and related the impact that Covid 19 had on their staff ,which although they lost approx 8 at the time ,they are again now building and performing at a level better than they were  pre Covid.The core business of pallet construction ,boxes for food items, food packing has enabled the organisation to become debt free which in itself can be considered a milestone achievment. Derek describes the staff culture within Cargills as social, offering them training, events such as  special Olympics and a Graduation ceremony which, are very  inspiring for them ,and critical to their ongoing training while  learning skills not available elsewhere.
Dereks direction in life is changing in a week when he leaves Cargills and moves to Ranfurly where he has purchased the Manitoto Hardware and Garden store. He comments challenging but exciting times ahead.
Derek will continue with Rotary as Chair of the 9980 District Merge Group for the ultimate joining of 9970 and 9980 Districts.He is also chair of the District Membership committee giving excellent insight on maintaining club members, which is critical to membership retention for all organisations ,as well as the push to find new members.