Appointments

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its Tech Advisory Board (TAB) by adding leading Scots gaming figure Colin Macdonald to its ranks. Mr Macdonald, a former producer on the multi-billion dollar generating Grand Theft Auto franchise and a previous Channel 4 Games Commissioner, has joined the busines

Property factoring specialist Newton Property Management has appointed Karen Trickett as CEO. Ms Trickett will work alongside Newton’s existing leadership team and founding chairman Stephen O’Neill as the property firm sets its sights on continuing growth in the sector.    

Commercial real estate consultant Ryden has announced the promotion of Gillian Giles to Partner. Ms Giles joined the Office Agency team over three years ago and is currently leading the occupier services offering in Glasgow.

Young Enterprise (YE) Scotland has appointed two young entrepreneurs as its newest ambassadors in its drive to promote enterprise and financial education in Scotland’s schools. Karis Gill, co-founder of Social Stories Club, and Craig Johnstone, the founder of Giglets (a company first conceived

Glasgow-based Consilium Chartered Accountants has made five senior promotions to further enhance the company’s growth prospects. Susan Webb – one of the original members of the Consilium team – has been promoted to finance and operations director. She will lead all financial and op

Henderson Loggie has expanded its forensic accounting team with the appointment of Rowena Eves as qualified assistant. The independent accountancy firm is one of a handful in Scotland with a full-time forensic team, dealing with many forensic disputes and investigations.

Experienced cybersecurity and international B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) CFO, Mark Wheelhouse, has joined Cyacomb’s senior leadership team. Based in Edinburgh, Cyacomb is an online safety company that specialises in harnessing the power of data and technology to help law enforcement, socia

Scottish mid-tier accountancy & business advisory firm French Duncan has appointed Colin Brown as tax director. Mr Brown joins a 22 strong tax team at French Duncan, and will advise clients in the UK and overseas on a range of private tax matters. He brings over 25 years’ experience and hi

Malcolm Bell, Nichola Brown, Jennifer Henderson and Ruth MacLeod have been appointed as members of the Accounts Commission. The new members were confirmed by Ben Macpherson MSP, minister for social security and local government.

Andrew Blain has been re-elected as managing partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn from 1 May 2023. Mr Blain was first elected managing partner in 2019 after joining Shepherd and Wedderburn in 1989 and becoming a partner in 1996. He led the firm's corporate practice from 2009 until 2019.

Hamilton Mullan Law Accountants has promoted Nicole Morgan to senior law accountant. Ms Morgan joined the firm in January 2018 as a trainee.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has announced 40 new promotions to director, including the firm’s Scotland and Northern Ireland offices. RSM UK has strengthened its tax faculty with the promotion of corporate tax specialist Will Simpson in Edinburgh. In Northern Ireland, Kieran Jones has

Glasgow-based Quantuma Advisory has appointed Paul Black as director within its forensic accounting team. Mr Black joins Quantuma as an experienced forensic accountant and expert witness within the Scottish market. Strengthening Quantuma’s expert witness and dispute offering, he will assist in

Advisory firm Dow Schofield Watts has expanded its Edinburgh office with the appointment of Adam Widerkiewicz as corporate finance manager. Mr Widerkiewicz, who has nine years’ experience in finance, joins from EDF Renewables, where he was a mergers and acquisitions specialist helping the comp

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has appointed Sue Brook as senior manager of its burgeoning internal audit team. With significant experience of governance reviews and having been involved in a range of commissioned investigations, as well as risk, performance and finance revie