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President from 1 July 2008 is Roger Sawyers
of Haywards Heath. 
Born at the end of the war, and brought up
and educated in what is now the London Borough of Sutton, President Roger
Sawyers was glad to see the end of the austere 1950s and embrace the
swinging
60s. As he can remember what he did in this wild decade he clearly did
not
fully participate by chilling out, empowering flowers or getting into
peace. He
did though own a Vespa, obtain an external degree from London University,
qualify as a Chartered Surveyor and marry Wendy.
Having started his career in local
government, Roger went into private practice, eventually joining the
London
office of Gerald Eve. Here he developed a niche business valuing the
assets of
the major players in the aggregates industry and later the waste
management
industry. Following a voracious period of dog-eat-dog, for which he was
well
paid, he retired from the partnership in 2001. He has continued as a
consultant
and still gets the occasional phone call.
Although he travelled throughout the world
on business, particularly in the USA, Roger could always rely on the firm
base
of home maintained by Wendy. They have two sons who are almost
independent
– although concern for their futures does not lessen. He will always
acknowledge that his home is where his heart is, whatever excitement or
kudos
came from his business life.
Roger joined Rotary on retirement and now
has two objectives as President – firstly to ensure all members of
Cuckfield and Lindfield Rotary Club enjoy being Rotarians, and secondly
to
ensure that our community is aware of the very active and caring Rotary
club
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