Board of Trustees
Past District Governor Datuk Zainie Abdul Aucasa
Zainie Abdul Aucasa, was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia in 1954. He had his primary education at St. John School, Beaufort, Sabah and then at Stella Marris School in Kota Kinabalu. He took his secondary education at La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu and went on to complete his Diploma in Accountancy at the Mara Institute of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor. After working for a year with a power utility company in Sabah, he went to the United Kingdom to pursue his studies in Accountancy at the London School of Accountancy.
After the completion of his studies, Zainie worked with Sabah Electricity Board for few years as its Senior Accountant and then eventually as its Chief Accountant. In 1994, he joined Sabah Forest Industries as its Financial Controller. In 1995, when the Government of Sabah then intended to set up a financial conglomerate for the State of Sabah, Zainie was slected to spearhead the formation, restructuring and listing of that conglomerate, now known as Suria Capital Holdings Berhad, which was eventually listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on 25 November 1996. He was appointed as its first General Manager / Financial Controller, a position he held until 2005, when he was appointed to spearhead the development of a mega waterfront project in Kota Kinabalu.
Zainie is a Fellow Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, member of the Association of Certified Accountant, Malaysia and the founding member of the Sabah Society of Certified Accountants.
Zainie joined Rotary as member of the Rotary Club Kota Kinabalu in April 1997 and was its President in 2006/2007. He has served as director in various positions in the Club. On the District Level, Zainie was the Deputy District Secretary in 2008/2009, Chairman of the District DG Newsletter 2008/2009, member of the Avoidable Blindness District Committee 2008/2009 and 2009/2010, and Chairman of the District Assembly for the year 2008/2009. He is also a member of the District Audit Committee for the year 2009/2010. Zainie is a Paul Harris Society member (PHF) and a Jamil Rais Fellow.
Zainie is also involved in several charitable and environmental activities through his membership in the Sabah Wetland Society (one of the founding member) and in the Sabah Environmental Action Committee. He is the current President of the Sabah Archery Association and past Hons. Secretary of the Malaysian Scout Association (Sabah Branch). For his contributions to the society, he was awarded two State Awards, namely the Bintang Setia Kinabalu (BSK) and the Ahli Setia Darjah Kinabalu (ASDK).
He is happily married to Hajjah Kalimah Ekwan and has 3 lovely grown up children, namely Ernie, Suffian and Zulkainie. Ernie graduated from the University of East London and currently working as an accountant. Suffian has completed his Engineering studies at Monash University, Kuala Lumpur and currently working in a property development company. Zulkainie is pursuing a professional accountancy studies at the Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur.
Zainie’s hobbies are photography and traveling. He believes that “Life is a gift. Live it, enjoy it, celebrate it and fulfill it.”
Past District Governor Teoh Kwan Swee
PDG Teoh Kwan Swee or otherwise known as KS hails from humble roots in a small village called Chui Chak which is not far away from Teluk Intan. Graduated from the University of Malaya in 1976 with an honours degree in Economics, he started his career as a Statistician in Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia and later joined the banking industry only to leave to be on his own in multiple businesses after more than 30 years in the banking line.
PDG Teoh is married to Rotarian Tan Ooi Kim who is a retired teacher and they are blessed with 3 children and 3 grandchildren. He was the president of the Rotary Club of Bukit Bintang in RY2011-12, Chairman of the Past Presidents Council in RY2014-15 and RY2017-18, Chairman of the District Dengue Task Force in RY2013-14, Chairman of the District Economic and Community Development Committee in RY2014-15, Assistant Governor in RY2015-16, Chairman of the District Membership Growth and Retention Committee in RY2016-17 and Membership Development & Extension Chair in RY2017-18. He was District Governor in RY20-21 and District Trainer for the current year before he had to take on the responsibility of Governor for the second time. DG Teoh is also a trustee of Yayasan Kelab-Kelab Rotary Malaysia. Beyond the District, he is 2021-22 and 2023-24 Assistant Rotary Coordinator for Zone 10C, which consists of Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia.
KS is also actively involved in non-Rotary organisations. He is the Honorary Chairman of Kelab Pertanian Chui Chak, Vice President of Zhang Association KL & Selangor for 6 years and an active member in a number of other Chinese Guilds and associations.
Non Trustees
