The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Sons showing entrepreneurial streak that helped father
John and Iain MacGregor are showing the same entrepreneurial streak that helped their father, Invergordon-born Roy, create a major force in the north and north-east energy industry supply chain.
The two brothers have ambitious growth plans for their respective business portfolios.
Mr MacGregor Sr is the founder and chairman of Global Energy Group (GEG), which has operations in Aberdeen, Inverness, Invergordon and Evanton. It also runs Nigg Energy Park, on the Cromarty Firth.
GEG’s 67-year-old majority shareholder created the company in 2005 to give another son, Donald, a job and keep him at home rather than see him emigrate to Australia.
Envoy was formed in February 2019, when Iain and John demerged 21 companies from GEG, and it now employs 1,500 people globally, providing products and services to the utility, power, chemical and oilfield sectors.
John’s newly demerged group, based in Dyce, Aberdeen, provides crew for oilfield operations in the North Sea and beyond.
The latest member of the MacGregor clan to start building his own business empire holds a majority stake in the divested companies, with group managing director Steven Dunbar helping to drive forward growth plans.
Iain MacGregor said: “We had planned to safely extract the entity for some time, and I expect John, Steven and the great team throughout this portfolio will continue to build an exciting business – even through these tough market conditions.”