Appointments

Begbies Traynor has added 34 years of Scottish insolvency experience to its team in Glasgow with the appointment of George Lafferty as director. Mr Lafferty joins the professional services firm from another Glasgow insolvency firm, where he was insolvency director. He has previously held senior posi

Aberdeen-based energy recruitment specialist, Recruitment Ventures, has repositioned its business with two senior appointments and a new capital injection from its investment group owners, I7V. Mark Gillespie, an energy industry veteran, has been appointed director and will oversee business strategy

Forvis Mazars has made a series of senior promotions and new hires across its Scotland team, and has also welcomed new trainees to its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Sean Cockburn has been appointed as private client tax advisory partner in Edinburgh. He joined the firm in 2017 and specialises in in

FinTech Scotland has announced that chief executive Nicola Anderson will be stepping down at the end of 2025 to take up a new senior director position at Scottish Enterprise. Aleks Tomczyk is the new incoming chief executive for the cluster management body and will join with immediate effect as desi

Wood Group's chief executive, Ken Gilmartin, is set to step down following a shareholder vote on Sidara's £206 million acquisition of the Aberdeen-based engineering firm. He will be succeeded by the current interim chief financial officer, Iain Torrens.

RSM UK has promoted Liam Renton to employer solutions director in the firm’s tax faculty in Edinburgh. Mr Renton joined RSM’s Edinburgh office in 2015 as tax associate. He specialises in tax valuations and implementing employee share incentive plans.

Walker’s Shortbread has appointed Justin Stead as its new chair, with his role set to officially begin on 22 October. Succeeding Bob Brannan, who held the position for the previous seven years, Mr Stead will be only the third person to hold the position in the company's 127-year history.

Lloyds has appointed Tony Hable as its new head of infrastructure & project finance. He will lead Lloyds’ infrastructure & project finance business and report to James Ranger, managing director & head of debt solutions.

VAT advisory firm VITA has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of indirect tax specialist Elaine Shepherd as a partner. Based in Aberdeen, Ms Shepherd took up her new Aberdeen-based role on 1 October 2025.

Wbg has appointed Gordon McIntyre as insolvency director based in its Glasgow office. With extensive experience in all forms of corporate insolvency procedures (administrations, court winding up orders and creditor voluntary liquidations) across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, com

ESPC has appointed Louisa Raistrick, head of estate agency at Coulters, as a non-executive director on to its board. Her term is due to commence on 1 January 2026, subject to ratification at the ESPC AGM in November.

Begbies Traynor Group plc has appointed Thomas McKay as managing partner in Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its new board structure to enable further UK expansion. The updated structure also sees Mark Fry named Begbies Traynor Group CEO. In his new role Mr Fry will drive the day-to-day lead

Dains Accountants has promoted two of its Ayrshire-based staff to director and associate director. Based in Ayrshire and supporting owner-managed and growing SMEs across Scotland, Lorna Logan, who was promoted to director, is ACCA-qualified and works within the firm's accounts & advisory team an

Burness Paull has appointed Tom Usher as a senior advisor. Mr Usher was most recently a partner with Macfarlanes in London.

Hexa Finance has appointed Lindsay Porter as senior growth advisor for Scotland, marking the latest step in the firm’s expansion. Mr Porter brings more than 25 years of experience in commercial finance, having held senior roles with some of the industry’s biggest names. He spent the past