Welcome to our Winners at this years Scottish Veterans Awards 2025!
We would like to thank everyone who attended this years Scottish Veterans Awards hosted by Mark McKenzie and held at the amazing 5* Prestonfield House, Edinburgh on the 30th April 2025. Hosted by Radio DJ BFBS Scotland presenter Mark McKenzie and in Support of The Army Benevolent Fund Charity Scotland & The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity!
The Veterans Awards across the United Kingdom are sponsored by Thales Group and our lead sponsor for the Scottish Veterans Awards is DXC Technology.
Well done to everyone who was shortlisted as finalists, we had a huge amount of applications and the shortlisting process was extremely difficult. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who put forward nominations, you are all doing amazing things in your relevant fields and you should be so proud of your achievements!
Extremely thankful and very honoured to have in attendance and hear from Capt Aiden Flannagan (Royal Navy) Scottish Veterans Commissioner Susie Hamilton and John Donovan MBE during the evening. A special thanks also has to go to the Mini Pipe Band from The Kings Own Scottish Borderers and also the two Scots Guards who were there supporting in their Famous Tunics and Bearskins.
We are so thankful to all our supporters, volunteers and sponsors who helped put this amazing night together!
The highlights of the night saw Mott MacDonald win Employer of the year and the fantastic Marty Carmichael becoming our Scottish Veterans Awards Champion for 2025, ending with a standing ovation!
We want to Inspire our future service leavers that great things can happen. It’s you who will act as role models and in some cases mentors, remember Positivity breeds Positivity.
Our Winners are :
Veterans Awards Champion: Marty Carmichael
Role Model of the Year- Sponsored by Print Inc
Gold : Jim Holburn
Silver : Neil Graham
Bronze : Dan Springett
Bronze : Craig Murney
Inspiration of the Year Award – Sponsored by The MacRobert Trust
Gold : Kevin Gray
Silver : Morag Goulden
Bronze : Michael Mcmillan
Bronze : Scott Hazlam
The Community Award – Sponsored by Forces Employment Charity
Gold : Alan Deans
Silver : John Greenwell
Bronze : Terence McCourt
Contribution to Scottish Fitness, Sport and Society Award – Sponsored by Prestonfield house
Gold : Emily Greaves
Silver : Neil Graham
Bronze : Paul Gray
Health & Well-being Award – Sponsored by Be-inn Unity
Gold : Operation Cairngorms CIC
Silver : Remaster Your Mind
Bronze : Comrie Croft
Bronze : NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – DMWS
Leader of the year – Sponsored by The Gen Dit Network
Gold : Martin Nadin
Silver : Matthew Wardner
Bronze : Edward Challis
Entrepreneur of the Year- Sponsored by Hugh James
Gold : Nick Robson
Silver : Jock Boyle
Bronze : Michael Holmes
Employer of the Year- Sponsored by Joint Force Alba
Gold : Mott MacDonald
Silver : GE Aerospace
Silver : Inverroy Crisis Management Limited
Bronze : NHS National Services Scotland
Veteran Business of the Year- Sponsored by Strongmind Resiliency Training
Gold : FVF Ltd
Silver : Operation Cairngorms CIC
Bronze : H&M Agricultural Ltd
Volunteer of the Year – Sponsored by Serica Energy
Gold : Marty Carmichael
Silver : Ian Shiells
Bronze : Tommy Davidson
Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by Thales Group
Gold : Colin Vooght
Silver : Alan Deans
Bronze : Tony Hooman
Bronze : Joseph Docherty
Reservist of the Year Award – Sponsored by abrdn
Gold : Jon Foden
Silver : Graham McEwan
Bronze : Colin Macfadden
Veterans Group of the Year – Sponsored by DXC Technology
Gold : Veterans Tribe Scotland CIC
Silver : Edinburgh Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club
Bronze : The Blue Light Armed Forces Networks Committee
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Shortlisted Finalists, remember its you who inspire our future service leavers – Keep an eye out on Facebook and our social media sites for pictures and videos of the evening coming soon!
