Bill retired in 1995 as General Manager of Gordon & Gotch Magazines, Ltd., New Zealand’s largest magazine distributor. He is a trustee of New Zealand’s Trees for Survival Trust and the June Gray Trust and has represented Rotary on the National Kidney Foundation and the Intellectually Handicapped Society. He has been an elder and Youth Leader of the Presbyterian Church and a warranted Scout Leader, and has refereed rugby union football for 31 years. He was chair of the Rotary Down Under Management Committee.

A Rotarian since 1971, Bill is a member of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga. He has served Rotary International as district governor, training leader, moderator of the International Assembly, committee member and chair, including deputy chair of the New Zealand National PolioPlus committee, assistant deputy coordinator of PolioPlus Partners, task force assistant general coordinator, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, director and treasurer of the RI Board. He is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and its Distinguished Service Award. He has also received a Meritorious Service Award from Rotary Down Under.

Bill and his wife, Lorna, live in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. They have two sons and two daughters and 11 grandchildren.