Appointments

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has announced a significant leadership transition, appointing new co-managing partners as part of its long-term succession plan. Calum Paterson, who has led the firm as managing partner since co-founding it in 2000, will move to the role of chairman and senior partner.

Scottish forestry management firm RTS Forestry Ltd has announced three senior appointments, effective from 1 October. Ross Kennedy, formerly senior director, has been promoted to joint managing director, serving alongside Norman O’Neill, as part of the succession planning for the business.

Azets has appointed Gordon Baird as its new customs and duty tax director. Based in Edinburgh, Mr Baird has nearly 25 years’ experience working firstly for HMRC as a senior tax specialist and more recently for a specialist financial services consultancy, Fiscalys Consulting and then in industr

Scottish Building Society has appointed Graeme Hartop to its board as a new non-executive director. Bringing with him three decades of experience in financial services, Mr Hartop joins the building society following the retirement of Shelia Gunn and Andrew Lee in September.

BDO has welcomed 33 new trainees to its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices, part of the firm’s national recruitment drive, which has seen over 600 trainees join its UK offices.

Professor Elizabeth Gammie has been appointed as a new Member of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) Board. The announcement was made by the Minister for Higher and Further Education. Professor Gammie is an Emeritus Professor at Robert Gordon University and a Chartered Accountant with the Institute o

Inverclyde Council has appointed David Forbes as its new chief financial officer. Mr Forbes joins the council from North Ayrshire Council where he has worked since 2016 and is currently senior manager (strategic business manager).

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

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.

Deloitte in Scotland has welcomed 75 people to its graduate, BrightStart apprenticeship and industrial placement programmes this month. It comes as the firm’s award-winning graduate programme ranked fourth in the Times Top 100 Graduate Employer list for the fifth year running. 

Gordon and MacPhail, the Elgin based, family-owned whisky specialist, has appointed Mark Geary as chief executive. Mr Geary has recently been serving as interim chief executive and will now lead the key focus on driving strategic brand growth internationally and strengthening the company’s com

Window and door specialist CR Smith has recruited two highly experienced figures from Scotland’s construction and manufacturing industries to its leadership team, reflecting the firm’s commitment to expanding its public sector operations alongside its long-established domestic customer b

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has appointed a new chair following its 23rd Annual General Meeting last week. After nine years of dedicated service, five of them as chair, Robin Hill has stepped down from SBHA’s board of management. He is succeeded as chair by Ian McDonald, a Char

RSM UK has appointed Grant Morrison as its new office managing partner in Aberdeen. Since joining RSM in 2021 as an audit partner, Mr Morrison has led and built the firm’s audit practice in Aberdeen, and also leads RSM’s oil and gas sector team across the UK. 

Unity Trust Bank has promoted Scott Hutchinson to regional director for the North & Scotland, as the ethical bank continues to strengthen its senior leadership in the regions. Mr Hutchinson first joined Unity in 2019 as a relationship manager and was most recently deputy regional director (North