As district leaders, we are part of Toastmasters International, an organisation with a noble mission to empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.

Serving as a district leader is a great responsibility and an exciting opportunity. It is filled with chances to renew your perspective, practise teamwork, and develop your capacity to translate values and strategies into productive actions.

We would like to thank our leadership team for their service to the District in the 2024-2025 Program Year.  We welcome our new Team for this coming year and look forward to working with them to achieve our District mission: which is:

We build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence

District Leadership Team

Debbie Williams DTM
District Director

Seema Menon DTM
Program Quality Director

Lynne Gayer DTM
Club Growth Director
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Allen Paul DTM
Public Relations Manager

Guler Cortis
Finance Manager

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Deborah Stevens
Administration Manager

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Steve Vear MBE DTM
Immediate Past District Director

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Division Directors

Division A


Yogendra Paranjpe
Division Director

Division B


Mary-Anne Ledger
Division Director

Division C


Richard Jones
Division Director

Division D

Smita Narayan DTM

Division Director

Division H

Monica Dragnescu
Division Director

Division J

Alison Morris
Division Director

Division L

Elena Bella
Division Director

District Leadership Team Team 2025/26

The following candidates were elected at the 3 May 2025 District Council Meeting for District 91 to serve in the following roles for the Toastmasters International program year 2025/26.

Position NameClub
District DirectorDebbie Williams, DTMThe Speakers of Croydon
Program Quality DirectorSeema Menon, DTMHarrovian Speakers 
Club Growth DirectorLynne Gayer, DTMExcalibur Speakers

Division Directors for 2025/26

PositionNameClub
Division A DirectorYogendra ParanjpeSpinnaker Speakers
Division B DirectorMary-Anne LedgerPA Consulting
Division C DirectorRichard JonesCentral London Speakers
Division D DirectorSmita Narayan, DTMSurbiton Speakers
Division H DirectorMonica DragnescuTunbridge Wells Speakers
Division J DirectorClare LawrenceBicester Achievers Toastmasters Club
Division L DirectorElena BellaPMI UK Toastmastes Club