Robert Kilgour is an entrepreneur, investor, property developer and Founder & CEO of Dow Investments Plc. Born in Edinburgh and raised in Fife, he divides his time between London and Scotland.
Robert's first venture after university was the purchase and renovation of an Edinburgh hotel, increasing its turnover by 400% before selling. In 1989, he founded Four Seasons Health Care, which grew to become the UK's 5th largest care home operator. He left in 2000 after orchestrating a £127mn public/private takeover of Crestacare Plc, a deal with an enterprise value of £127mn involving Alchemy Partners. He made his final exit in 2004.
Kilgour’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found CamVista, a webcam business that earned him a place as a finalist in the EY Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year Competition. In 2004 he co-founded NW Security Group Ltd and established Renaissance Care (Scotland) Ltd.
Robert has been involved in $37mn worth of property deals in New York, and £13mn in London, as well as care home consultancy services in Australia. In the 1990s he opened an office in...Robert Kilgour is an entrepreneur, investor, property developer and Founder & CEO of Dow Investments Plc. Born in Edinburgh and raised in Fife, he divides his time between London and Scotland.
Robert's first venture after university was the purchase and renovation of an Edinburgh hotel, increasing its turnover by 400% before selling. In 1989, he founded Four Seasons Health Care, which grew to become the UK's 5th largest care home operator. He left in 2000 after orchestrating a £127mn public/private takeover of Crestacare Plc, a deal with an enterprise value of £127mn involving Alchemy Partners. He made his final exit in 2004.
Kilgour’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found CamVista, a webcam business that earned him a place as a finalist in the EY Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year Competition. In 2004 he co-founded NW Security Group Ltd and established Renaissance Care (Scotland) Ltd.
Robert has been involved in $37mn worth of property deals in New York, and £13mn in London, as well as care home consultancy services in Australia. In the 1990s he opened an office in Siberia which arranged sporting and business exchanges between Russia and Scotland.
He is an NED of Morphose Ltd and Storii Global Inc as well as an Advisory Council Member of Jobs Foundation and Taxpayers Alliance, and an Advisory Board Director of E2E Enterprise Ltd.
Robert's other business interests include founding the Scottish think-tank ‘Think Scotland’, and ‘SBUK’ to campaign against Scottish independence. He co-founded Local Recovery and The Museum of Prime Minister.
His philanthropic efforts include chairing the Fife Macmillan Appeal, raising £1.75mn for hospice care. He has also personally funded Macmillan Cancer Information & Support Centres in London and Edinburgh. He became the first Macmillan Cancer Support Ambassador in 2018.
In 2023, Stirling University awarded Robert an honorary doctorate for his contributions to entrepreneurship and philanthropy.READ MOREVIEW LESS
A leading provider of high-performance video and security systems.
My Care Staff Ltd
Founder & Director
Mar 2017
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Present
Kirkcaldy, UK
A website that will put carers and nurses looking for work directly in touch with care homes and hospitals looking for staff, thus cutting out the agencies to the financial benefit of both parties involved.
Robert was a founder-shareholder, and eventually Chairman, of Kingdom FM, Fife's local radio franchisee employing 13 staff. In 2019 he engineered the sale of the radio station to publisher DC Thomson.
CamVista Ltd
Co Founder & Chairman/CEO/Deputy Chairman
Jan 1999
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Nov 2002
CamVista is a leading webcam portal website which was sold to a large security company.
Plans are underway to create a new museum dedicated to the Prime Minister, the highest-ranking democratic office in the United Kingdom, aiming to collect and showcase items related to Prime Ministers that aren’t applicable to existing museum collections.
Independent Care Homes Scotland is comprised of over 10 care home operators. These organisations will work together to help to ensure all areas of the independent care sector are fully represented within the national public inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Business and industry in Scotland are facing up to the challenges posed by Brexit. SBUK understand the importance of recasting Scotland's relationship with the EU based on free-trade and new forms of co-operation.
Established as a virtual think tank in 2006, to encourage greater discussion in Scotland about economic, social & constitutional policies – from the perspective of mainly Scottish Conservative authors.
StoriiCare understand how photographs can help to recover memories for those living with dementia. They developed a new approach to person-centred care. StoriiCare is a care management system with life stories at its core.
Borland is a privately-owned independent insurance broker, established in 1995. Borland Private Clients provides specialist insurance advice and coverage for individuals with high-end homes, valuable assets, and premium motor vehicles.
The Jobs Foundation is a registered charity working with businesses across the UK that are dedicated to providing training and jobs to those unemployed and in poverty.
E2E is a global community of over 24,000 successful entrepreneurs and creates an exchange between entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and professional service providers.
Robert Kilgour became Macmillan Cancer Support’s first Ambassador in December in 2018. Over the last 30 years he has helped to raise over £2,000,000 for the charity.
Robert Kilgour part funded and opened the new Macmillan Cancer Information & Support Centre in 2009 at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. He also part funded the establishment of the first Macmillan Cancer Information & Support Centre in the UK at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, North London in 2007.
Chaired a joint venture between Macmillan Cancer Support and Fife Health Board to raise £1m to improve hospice facilities throughout Fife. The final total raised was over £1.75m.
Former University of Stirling student, Robert Kilgour, received an honorary doctorate from the university, acknowledging his outstanding contribution to business and philanthropy.
Robert Kilgour is an Ambassador for Local Recovery, an organisation dedicated to ensuring that UK and Scottish governments prioritise local priorities as communities recover from the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
