Roger De Haan

Sir Roger Michael De Haan
Born Roger Michael De Haan
1948
Northampton[1]
Education

Westbrook House Preparatory School for Boys and Girls[2]

Seaford College (Independent school)[3]
Occupation Businessman
Known for Saga Group, Folkestone
Home town Folkestone
Spouse(s)
  • 1. Susan Bridget Chambers (m. 1969)[4]
  • 2. Marie-Lyvie M Goder (m.1988)[5]

3. Alison Downey (m. 2011)

Children

First marriage:

  • Rachel De Haan (b. 1972)
  • Joshua De Haan (1974)
  • Benjamin De Haan (1976)

Second marriage:

  • Rebecca De Haan (1989)
  • Naomi De Haan (1990)
  • Eve De Haan (1992)
  • Jacob De Haan (1994)
  • Samuel De Haan (1996)
Parent(s) Sidney De Haan and Margery Crick
Awards CBE

Sir Roger Michael De Haan, CBE, DL (born 1948, Northampton[6]) is the son of the late Sidney De Haan, who created the Saga group of companies, mostly famous for selling holidays to the over 50s market. De Haan took over Saga in 1984 when his father retired and then ran the company with his brother for a further twenty years, launching Saga-branded radio stations to accompany the group's holidays and financial services. He choose to leave the business in 2004, selling the entire Saga Group (which included insurance and holiday businesses) to a management buyout for £1.35 billion, although he continued to run some of the radio stations himself. In that year he bought Folkestone Harbour for £11 million.

http://www.rdhct.org.uk/pages/common/rdhct.aspx?pg=2753 The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust] was established in 1978, offering charitable support to a variety of charities and community organisations, mostly in the area around Folkestone and south east Kent.

In 2003/2004 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Canterbury Christ Church University.[7]

De Haan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2004 for services to business, education and charity in 2004 and was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to education and to charity in Kent and overseas.[8] He regularly appears in the Sunday Times' 'rich list'. Following the sale of Saga, he retained ownership of two digital radio stations, PrimeTime Radio and Saga Radio (Digital), but following continuing heavy losses took the decision to close them in 2006.

References

  1. ↑ Ancestry website
  2. ↑ Old Westbrookians Alumni Website
  3. ↑ Famous Alumni
  4. ↑ General Register Office for England and Wales
  5. ↑ Ancestry website
  6. ↑ Ancestry website
  7. ↑ Canterbury Christ Church University Honorary Fellows announcement 2003/2004
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728. p. 1. 31 December 2013.

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