Robert Millner
{{short description|Australian corporate executive (born 1950)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
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| birth_name = Robert Dobson Millner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|9|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| education = Newington College
| occupation = Company director
| boards = {{ubl|Soul Patts|New Hope Group|Brickworks|Choiseul Investments|NBN Television}}
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| father = Thomas Pattinson Millner
| family = {{ubl|Col. T. G. Millner {{smaller|(grandfather)}}|Jim Millner {{smaller|(uncle)}}|William Frederick Pattinson {{smaller|(great-uncle)}}|Lewy Pattinson {{smaller|(great-grandfather)}} }}
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Robert Dobson Millner {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 4 September 1950) is an Australian corporate executive. He is the chairman of Soul Patts, Australia's second oldest publicly-listed corporation, and the chairman of New Hope Group, Brickworks, Choiseul Investments and NBN Television.{{cite book |title=Who's Who in Australia |chapter=Millner, Robert Dobson |publisher=Crown Content |location=Melbourne, Victoria |publication-date=2007 |page=1444 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.afr.com/business/legal/robert-millner-says-family-has-been-tarnished-by-perpetual-case-20170710-gx80q3 |title=Robert Millner says family has been 'tarnished' by Perpetual case |work=Australian Financial Review |date=10 July 2017 |access-date=13 August 2017 }}
Biography
After leaving Newington College he worked as a stockbroker for two years. From 1970 until 1983 he farmed in Cowra and in 1984 joined the family business, Soul Patts, as a director. In 1997, he was appointed deputy chairman of the company and since 1999 he has been chairman of the company.{{cite news |url=http://www.businessday.com.au/business/nothing-flashy-when-its-all-about-family-20091125-jrxw.html |title= Nothing flashy when it's all about family |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 November 2009 |access-date=13 August 2017 }}
Personal life
= Honours =
Millner was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to business, to rugby union as an administrator, and to the community through philanthropic contributions".{{Cite web |date=2023-06-12 |title=Mr Robert Dobson MILLNER |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2013492 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}
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Category:People educated at Newington College
Category:Australian businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Sydney