Champion of Scottish industry;

Born: July 16, 1914; Died: July 19, 2012.

William Robertson, who has died aged 98, was for more than 20 years a driving force at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI). He turned the SCDI into a dynamic and expertly- managed organisation which championed Scottish industry and attracted much inward investment.

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