Stewart Milne

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, DBA, DTech (born 23 July 1950) is a Scottish businessman and football club chairman, from

Alford, Aberdeenshire Alford (pronounced sco, Aaford or , gd, Athfort) is a large village in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, lying just south of the River Don. It lies within the Howe of Alford (also called the Vale of Alford) which occupies the middle reaches ...

. Milne founded the Aberdeen-based Stewart Milne Construction Group, a

housebuilding Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside th ...

contractor, in 1975. He started off his business renovating bathrooms. As its chairman and chief executive, he earned the 2005 Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year award. In 2008, he received his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the house building industry in Scotland. Milne is a major shareholder in

Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They compete in the Scottish Premiership and have never been relegated from the top division of the Scottish football league system since they were ...

, and joined the club's

board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

in 1994 to replace Dick Donald, subsequently becoming chairman in 1998. In November 2019, shortly after opening a new training facility on the western outskirts of the city, he announced that he would be stepping down as chairman. He has an honorary doctorate in

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

from

Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon (philanthropist), ...

(December 2000), and an honorary doctorate of technology from

Edinburgh Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...

(November 2007), and an honorary doctorate from

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...

, in recognition of his outstanding

entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

contribution to the house building, construction and property development industry and to the

Scottish economy The economy of Scotland is an Open economy, open mixed economy which, in 2020, had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $205 billion including oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters. Since the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland's ...

, also for services to

higher education in Scotland There are fifteen universities based in Scotland, the Open University, and three other institutions of higher education. The first university in Scotland was St John's College, St Andrews, founded in 1418. St Salvator's College was added to ...

. Stewart Milne Group sold its timber frame manufacturing subsidiary to Fife-based

James Donaldson & Sons James Donaldson & Sons is a British family-owned timber merchant. History The firm was founded in 1860. In 2020, the sixth generation of the Donaldson family took over operation of the firm. In January 2021, the firm launched Buzz Home Office, ...

in 2021. In April 2022, the group announced that the housebuilding business was up for sale. Milne has most recently been appointed to the newly formed "Football Monitoring Board" at Aberdeen. This taskforce has been assembled outwith of any AGM, EGM nor was there any public knowledge of such group. Fellow members are

Dave Cormack Dave Cormack is a US-based Scottish entrepreneur and the Chairman of the Aberdeen Football Club. He is the founder of several software companies, including Soft Systems, MiracleWorkers.com, and Brightree. He is now Chairman of Curve Dental Software ...

Willie Garner William Garner (born 24 July 1955), also known as Willie Garner is a Scottish former footballer best known for playing for Aberdeen. He is now a manager, mainly of clubs in the junior ranks of Scottish football. Career Garner was born in Stirli ...

and Steven Gunn.

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