Roger De Haan
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Roger De Haan CBE is the son of the late Sidney de haan, who created the Saga group of companies. Roger 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 Insurance business 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.
Roger De Haan received the CBE for services to business, education and charity in 2004 and regularly appears in the Sunday Times' 'rich list'. He closed down PrimeTime Radio and Saga Radio (Digital), his two DAB radio stations, in 2006.
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- Interview with the Sandgate News (December 2005).
- Marketing Week ‘most influential business personality in the South of England’ (July 2005)
- Folkestone Harbour Company
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