Appointments

Accountancy firm Azets has promoted Frazer Nicol, who is head of the corporate tax team in Aberdeen, to partner just six months after joining the firm as a tax director. His promotion to partner is effective from 1st March 2022.

PwC has announced the appointment of Jon Shelley as head of deals for Scotland amid a high level of activity in Scotland, across the UK and internationally. Mr Shelley replaces Jason Morris, who was recently appointed as regional market leader for PwC Scotland. Mr Shelley was previously head of corp

Barrhead Housing Association has announced the appointment of Lauren Rice as its new director of finance and corporate services following a competitive recruitment process. PwC-trained Lauren brings a wealth of financial and management experience across social housing, private and public sectors.

Alastair MacArthur has been appointed as the director of finance and resources at Renfrewshire Council. The council's former head of finance has been acting director since November 2021 and leads the Finance and Resources Department, which includes Finance and Business Services; People and Organisat

Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of Karen McBride as its new head of finance and operations. Ms McBride joins SIS after spending nearly five years at Johnston Carmichael Glasgow where she progressed to audit director

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business-critical services group, has announced the appointment of Rob Jarvis as HR director, based in the business’ London office. Mr Jarvis has significant experience in the HR arena, having held senior leadership positions within the pri

The University of Strathclyde has appointed Mairi Spowage as Professor of Practice and director of its prestigious Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI). Professor Spowage takes up the role after being acting director for the last year.

Azets, the accountancy firm specialising in the SME sector, has appointed David Meldrum as an associate director within the firm’s fast-growing restructuring and insolvency practice in Scotland. Mr Meldrum has specialist knowledge of all forms of restructuring and insolvency and has provided s

Glasgow-based iomart Group plc, the cloud computing and managed services company, has appointed Ben Savage as its new chief commercial officer. Mr Svage boasts more than 25 years’ experience working across a range of technology-based sales leadership roles. He has also worked for organisations

NatWest Group has appointed Raghu Narula as managing director, customer engagement & distribution, within its retail banking division. Mr Narula brings a wealth of leadership experience from a career spanning over 20 years at HSBC in Retail, Wealth Management, Commercial Banking and Strategy and

Richard Lloyd has been selected as interim chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) while the Treasury searches for Chris Randell's permanent successor. Aidene Walsh will act as interim chair of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) from 1 April 2022.

Wealth management company Brewin Dolphin has grown its team in Edinburgh with the appointment of investment manager Dennis McGrath. Mr McGrath, who has over 18 years’ experience in financial services, joins the firm from 7IM where he was a team head looking after high-net-worth private clients

Reward Finance Group is continuing with its ambitious UK expansion plan with the opening of a Scottish office, led by hugely experienced business finance specialist, Brian Machray. Scottish-born Brian joins the alternative funder from Allied Irish Bank where he headed up a division specialising in f

At its AGM on Monday 31 January 2022, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce elected Gillian Docherty, chief commercial officer of The University of Strathclyde, as its new president for a two-year term. Ms Docherty succeeds Paul Little, principal and CEO of City of Glasgow College who steps down following the

Glasgow-based wealth management practice Loch Fyne Financial has appointed Jackie Coyne as its newest certified financial planner. Ms Coyne’s role focuses on delivering high quality services and wealth management to the firms growing database of clients.