Sir Robert Scholey (8 October 1921 – 12 January 2014) was the Chairman of British Steel from 1986 to 1992.

Early life

Scholey was born in Sheffield and was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield. He left school aged 16 to work for

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, studying engineering four nights a week at Sheffield University. During World War II he served as a captain in the

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Career

In 1947 he moved to work at United Steel Companies and after nationalisation moved again to work at British Steel Corporation's head office, becoming CEO in 1973 and chairman in 1986. He retired from British Steel in 1992. He was also on the board of Eurotunnel from 1987-1994, and chairman of the

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for 1989-90. He also served terms as president of Eurofer, the European steel association, and in 1989 the Institute of Metals. He died in 2014 at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. He was married with two daughters.

Honours and awards

*Made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the

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and knighted in the

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. *Awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal of the Institute of Metals in 1988. *Elected a Fellow of the

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in 1990.

References

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