Alliance founder Scott McMillan to step back from managing director role
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The news: The founder of aviation services business Alliance, Scott McMillan, will step down from his role as managing director on 27 November, concluding a more than 12-month transition period to joint managing director Stewart Tully.
The context: McMillan has led the company since it was founded in 2002 as Alliance Airlines and through its listing on the ASX in 2011.
Although McMillan will step down from the joint managing director position at the company’s annual general meeting on 27 November 2025, he will remain with the company in an executive capacity until his retirement in July 2026.
After stepping down, McMillan will focus on “the completion of several key strategic projects to ensure continuity and to support the leadership transition”. While he will remain on his current fixed annual salary until retirement, he will not participate in the short-term or long-term incentive plans for the year ending 30 June 2026.
Tully has spent more than a decade at Alliance and was appointed to the joint managing director role in August 2025 after initially being appointed to the CEO role in March 2024.
What they said: “The company owes a deep debt of gratitude to Scott, who has been instrumental in building one of Australia’s largest aviation companies, servicing key industries and communities,” Alliance chair James Jackson said.
Jackson also said that Tully is “well respected in the aviation industry and well equipped to lead the company through this next important chapter in its development”.
The source: ASX
