Robert Allan David Wilson,

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

, born in 1951 in the Scottish Borders, is an entrepreneurial business leader, musician and philanthropist. He lives in

Knebworth Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden ...

, Hertfordshire. He was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours for services to the music industry and charity.

Music industry

Until May 2018, Wilson was the Chair of Sound Technology Ltd which he founded in February 1978. It is currently one of the largest independent distributors of musical instruments and professional audio products in the UK and Republic Of Ireland. He earned a lifetime achievement award by NORD in 2018. For the last 40 years, Wilson has been Director of the Music Industries Association (MIA), a UK trade association. It is the only one servicing and representing the interests of all UK businesses involving musical instruments and associated products. In 2003, Wilson was recognised for his 25 years' service, and received a lifetime achievement award in 2006. In 2019 he officially retired from MIA Wilson continues to play an important part in supporting the music industry.

Charity work

From 1980 to April 2017, Wilson was a Director for

Music for Youth Music for Youth (MFY) is a British charity which provides free access to educational and performance opportunities for groups of young musicians and audiences through a series of festivals and concerts throughout the UK. Two million children hav ...

, a national youth arts charity giving young people free access to life-changing opportunities to perform & discover music across the UK. Wilson was the Director of

NAMM The NAMM Show is an annual event in the United States that is organized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), who describe it as "the industry’s largest stage, uniting the global music, sound and entertainment technology commun ...

from 2008-2011. The National Association of Music Merchants is a not-for-profit association that promotes the pleasures and benefits of making music and strengthens the $17 billion global music products industry. As president in 2005 he contributed to their Oral History project and again in 2018. Wilson received awards in recognition of his dedicated service as a Director and for his excellent service in the Music Products Industry. In 2020 he was awarded the NAMM Oral History Service Award.

References

External links

* * *
Robert Wilson Interview
at NAMM Oral History Collection * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Robert Musicians from Hertfordshire Living people People from Knebworth People from Hawick 1951 births