PDG Phil Cordery joined Rotary in April 1991. He is currently a member of the Rotary Club of Southern Districts in District 9465 (Western Australia), where he is President in 2021-22. He was previously a member of The Rotary Club of Gosnells, where he served as President in 1995-96 and, as District Governor for the then district 9470 in 2005-06. Phil is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow (5 sapphires).

Phil has served two years as a board member of Australian Rotary Health and has been the District 9465 Coordinator for STEP (Short Term Exchange Program) since 1999.