Roger White from Dumfries in

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is the

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of soft drinks group A G Barr.

Biography

White attended

Dumfries Academy Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

and then the

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where he graduated in

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, having also studied

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, and business. In 2002, he joined A G Barr as managing director, and in 2004 became Barr's first non-family chief executive. Away from the office, White is a sports fan including his support of home town football club, Queen of the South."Roger White" interview on www.qosfc.com 21 Feb 2010
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References

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