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Pathways Forward, the women in entrepreneurship social enterprise set up by entrepreneur and investor Ana Stewart, has announced its latest Pledge cohort while appointing current Pathways advisory board member and former Rose Review industry lead Jo Forster to the same role, industry lead, at Pathwa

Port of Aberdeen has appointed Ross MacRae as its new financial controller. Mr MacRae joined the port as a member of the functional leadership team on Monday 25 August and reports to chief financial officer, Jon Oakey. Mr MacRae is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Senior public sector finance leader Elaine Boyd and fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the new chair of ACCA Scotland’s committee. Glasgow-based Elaine Boyd is the associate director at Audit Scotland where she heads the organisation’s quality assuranc

Heather Kiteley, who currently holds the position of director of finance and corporate services at Port of Leith Housing Association Group, has been appointed as chief executive of the group. Ms Kiteley will take up her new role when Keith Anderson retires in May.

CMS has announced 48 new promotions in Scotland including four lawyers who move to the senior role of Of Counsel. The promotions also include an elevation for 14 colleagues operating in non-fee earning roles within the firm’s three Scottish offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Scottish Land & Estates has appointed three new directors to its board. Angus Cheape, Alastair Orr Ewing and Michael Upton have been appointed following the rural business organisation’s AGM which was held on Monday evening.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has announced the promotion of three new divisional directors across its Scottish offices as it continues to strengthen its operations. Alistair Douglas will make the step up from assistant director in Edinburgh, while Alan MacPhee and David Moore have been pr

Gibbon Lawson McKee Limited (GLM), the Edinburgh-based architects, building surveyors, project and construction managers, has revealed that Doug Lawson has returned to the firm that he helped found in 1996. This follows 14 years in Australia as both a director for Knight Frank’s Queensland off

Jon Pickstone, deputy director of regional economic development at the Scottish Government, has been elected to the board of the Institute of Economic Development (IED). The EID is the UK’s leading independent professional body for economic development and regeneration practitioners working fo

Hampden & Co has appointed Mark Thomson, former chief executive of the Scottish Building Society, as head of credit. Mr Thomson was also formerly credit director at Scottish Widows Bank.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Sheree Howard has been appointed as executive director of Risk and Compliance Oversight (R&CO). Sheree is currently interim director of R&CO having joined the FCA as a senior adviser in December 2017. Before joining the FCA, Sheree spe

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson Brown has announced the promotion of four members of their management team to senior positions. Management information solutions (MIS) specialists Carol McGregor and Jonathan Leiper have been elevated along with Lynn Gracie of the firm’s private client

Henderson Loggie has appointed Matthew McDermott as director of its accounting and business services (ABS) team. Mr McDermott will be based in the Glasgow office from 22 September, reflecting the firm’s commitment to strengthening its presence in the West of Scotland.

Neil Bradbrook, managing director of Falkirk-based Ahead Business Consulting and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management, discusses the importance of diverse thought in a business. When it comes to running a business, nothing is more important than diversity of thought. No matter ho

Rathbone Greenbank Investments (Greenbank) has bolstered its specialist ethical, sustainable, and impact (ESI) investment team with the appointment of Craig Leslie. Mr Leslie joins as an investment director and will specialise in the management of portfolios for private clients, trusts, and charitie