Appointments

RBC Brewin Dolphin has promoted four investment managers at its Edinburgh office. Sandy Lyell and James Pearse have become directors, while Caroline Whytock and Scott McKean become assistant directors.

Thorntons has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of two new partners, one an internal promotion and the other a lateral hire. Rachel Anderson, based in St Andrews, is promoted to private client partner and Jennifer Gallagher joins the firm’s Dundee team as a family law partn

BTO has welcomed John Dunlop as a new partner in the firm’s real estate team, based in its Edinburgh office. This appointment follows last month’s announcement of Paul Greenhill’s promotion to partner in Glasgow, as well as the recent recruitment of three new real estate solicitors

Glasgow-based Embrace Steel Group, which provides steel frame building solutions throughout the UK, has appointed experienced finance executive Ross McAdam as its new chief financial officer. Mr McAdam will lead the ambitious steel group’s presence in Scotland alongside playing a crucial role

Scottish commercial property consultants FG Burnett have enhanced their agency department with a series of new appointments and promotions. Lisa Cowie who has recently qualified as a Chartered Surveyor joins retail expert Richard Noble, managing director, in the local and national retail market. Ms

RSM UK has appointed Lisa Macpherson-Fletcher as tax partner in the private client advisory team. Based in the firm's Edinburgh office, Ms Macpherson-Fletcher is a Chartered Tax Adviser with over 20 years’ experience advising clients from a range of industries and sectors in succession and est

AAB has made four partner promotions, comprising Ian Chapman, Graham Dyer, Glenn Hogg, and David McGinness. Mr Chapman, strategic finance solutions director based in Aberdeen becomes virtual finance function partner and head of strategic finance solutions. While Mr Dyer, business advisory direc

Phil Anderson Financial Services Ltd has appointed Ben Anthoney as a new mortgage and protection adviser based in Thurso. Mr Anthoney joins a three-strong team based in Wick to strengthen the firm's services in the Caithness region.

Glasgow paraplanner Steven McBurnie has been appointed as chair of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Paraplanner Interest Group (PPIG). Mr McBurnie, a paraplanner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, has served on the CISI PPIG committee for five years.

James Heaton, Virgin Money’s agricultural business manager currently responsible for agricultural and landed estate clients in East Lothian and the Scottish Borders, has been promoted to senior director Scotland to further strengthen the bank’s support for the farming industry. With Virg

On 1 January 2025, Justin Sullivan FRICS became the 143rd President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Mr Sullivan is the founder and CEO of Adair, which has provided expert construction consultancy services globally for over thirty years.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced a key leadership change for its Orkney team. Ruth Kirkpatrick, a native Orcadian with extensive experience within the organisation, will step up as the new area team leader on 3 January.

A small, Inverclyde printing company which has carved a niche for itself with specialist work has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of a prominent Scottish business figure as a non-executive director. Port Glasgow-based Love & Humphries, which bills itself as The Clever Printi

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Liam Orr as its new head of business growth for Argyll and the Islands. Originally from Benderloch near Oban, Mr Orr took up the post in early December and leads HIE’s business growth team across an area covering Argyll and Bute, Arran and t

Glasgow-based VAT & Indirect Tax Advisors (VITA) has expanded its team with two new appointments. Chantal Scheepers joins the indirect tax advisory firm as practice manager and Rachael Moran joins as tax trainee.