Ken Davy

Ken Davy (born 1941) is a businessman who is also the chairman of the Super League side Huddersfield Giants and former chairman of the Football League Championship side Huddersfield Town.

Davy grew up in Filey on the East Coast of Yorkshire, he left school at 15 with no academic qualifications and worked as a photographer for P&O. At 21 he set up a commercial photography business in Huddersfield before joining Abbey Life in 1971. In 1979 formed independent financial advice company DBS, which he sold in June 2001, for £75 million. In 2003, he set up SimplyBiz, providing development, research and marketing services to financial advisers. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Huddersfield and an Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

In 2011, he gave his views on the changes happening in the financial services industry "...One thing Davy is certain of is that independent advice will remain the gold standard after the RDR. “Restricted advice will prove much less attractive than many organisations believe. I can see why life insurers would be attracted to it, because it is a way of increasing their profits, but it does nothing for consumers or advisers.”. However, he then went on to seemingly contradict himself when he launched a national Restricted (rather than Independent) advice firm - Sandringham Partners in 2012 backed by £2m from SimplyBiz.

In 1996, Davy took over as chairman of Huddersfield Giants Rugby League club. In 1999, he merged Huddersfield Giants with Sheffield Eagles, a move which resulted in the formation of the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. It was an unpopular move with supporters. After one season the club reverted to being the Huddersfield Giants.

During Davy's chairmanship Huddersfield Giants played St. Helens in the Rugby League 2006 Challenge Cup Final at Twickenham Stadium, London on Saturday 26 August 2006. It was the first time that the Giants had reached the final since 1962. Also during Davy's chairmanship, Huddersfield Giants won the League Leaders Shield for the first time in 81 years, after a 40-0 victory over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

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