Robert Dobson Millner is an Australian corporate executive. He is head of many large Australian organisations including chairman of Washington H. Soul Pattinson

Washington H. Soul Pattinson

Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited is an Australian investment company.-History:In 1872, Caleb Soul and his son Washington opened their first store at 177 Pitt Street, Sydney, trading as Washington H. Soul and Co...

, New Hope Coal

New Hope Coal

New Hope Coal is an Australian coal-mining and energy company. New Hope's operations include New Acland Mine, Jeebropilly Mine, New Oakleigh Mine and Queensland Bulk Handling. New Hope Coal is 61.11% owned by Washington H. Soul Pattinson....

, Brickworks Limited

Brickworks Limited

Brickworks Limited is a group of Australian companies manufacturing building products, primarily bricks and roof tiles. Brickworks was founded by a number of Sydney brick manufacturers in 1934 in response to the Great Depression...

, Choiseul Investments and NBN Television

NBN Television

NBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The station was inaugurated on 4 March 1962 as the first regional commercial television station in New South Wales, and has since expanded to 39 transmitters throughout the northern half of New South Wales and...

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Millner attended Newington College (1959-68) and after leaving school he worked as a stockbroker for two years. From 1970 until 1983 he farmed in Cowra, New South Wales

Cowra, New South Wales

Cowra is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia in the Cowra Shire. It is located on the Mid-Western Highway, 317 kilometres west of Sydney on the banks of the Lachlan River at an altitude of 310 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census Cowra had a population of 8,430...

and in 1984 joined the family business, Washington H.Soul Pattinson, as a director. In 1997 he was appointed deputy chairman of Souls and since 1999 he has been Chairman of the company.