Appointments

Commercial real estate advisor Avison Young has promoted Kerry Maguire to head of valuation Scotland, based in the firm’s Glasgow office, coinciding with the arrival of four new hires working across its valuation, building and project consultancy and planning teams.

Scottish Enterprise has appointed Nicola Anderson as its new director of scaling innovation. Ms Anderson will lead Scottish Enterprise’s Scaling Innovation Mission, focused on helping ambitious Scottish companies grow faster and translate cutting-edge research and development into globally com

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has announced three senior appointments to its board of directors, strengthening its leadership team ahead of a critical year for Scotland’s businesses. Travel and tourism chief Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel and Internova Travel Group&r

Chartered surveying firm DM Hall has appointed a new partner effective from 1 January 2026. Charlie Barrett, who operates within the firm’s Edinburgh Residential team, has accepted an invitation to join the DM Hall Partnership.

Lloyds Banking Group, owner of Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows, has appointed Emma Noble as chair of its Scottish Executive Committee and new group ambassador for Scotland. In her new role, Ms Noble will focus on supporting Scotland’s sustainable economic growth and on improving investmen

Shoosmiths in Scotland has strengthened its senior legal headcount with the appointment of William Reid as banking legal director. Based in Shoosmiths’ Edinburgh office, Mr Reid will work closely with colleagues in the real estate and corporate teams, advising clients on matters including corp

Edinburgh-headquartered Hampden Bank has made three senior hires as it continues to scale up its personal banking service south of the border. Liz Williamson, Ian Noke and Claire Lattin have joined as banking directors to serve the banking needs of clients across the North & Midlands.

Johnston Carmichael has appointed Stephen Oates as head of payroll, reinforcing its commitment to guiding employers through upcoming regulatory changes and strengthening its specialist tax leadership. Mr Oates, a tax partner and Chartered Tax Adviser with more than 20 years’ experience, brings

Allied Surveyors Scotland has promoted Bernadetta Majewska MRICS to associate director in Edinburgh. The appointment follows the promotion of Stewart Gorman MRICS to the same position in August 2025.

Gillian Baird has shattered a glass ceiling at Persimmon Homes North Scotland, becoming the housebuilder’s first female commercial director. The Dunfermline local will lead on all aspects of cost management, procurement, and commercial strategy, overseeing dozens of developments from Alloa to

CBRE has promoted Daniel White to regional head of flex advisory, expanding his remit to cover Scotland, the Midlands, South West, and the North of England. Mr White previously led CBRE’s Flex Advisory activity in the Midlands and South West.

Glasgow-headquartered Wbg has appointed Keith Miller as partner, head of indirect tax, based in its Manchester office. With more than 30 years of experience, most recently as Northwest VAT Partner at Azets, Mr Miller was also a VAT specialist at Deloitte, led KPMG’s M&A VAT offering across

Deloitte has appointed Lesley Smillie as its new office senior partner (OSP) for Edinburgh. Ms Smillie has over 20 years of experience in professional services and has worked at the firm since 2005. She has a long history of successfully leading and managing public sector transformation programmes,

Scottish fintech Miconex has appointed Idong Usoro as chief digital and operations officer as it continues its global, scale up journey. An experienced technology and business leader and on the back of recent tenures at the helm of Revenue Scotland, Abbeyfield, and global awarding organisation, NEBO

Quality assurance specialist 2i has announced the appointment of David Scott as Strategic Adviser. Having retired from his executive role as chief enterprise technology officer at Aberdeen Group in April 2025, Scott brings over three decades of experience linking technology strategy to business outc