Appointments

Former Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson has been appointed as a non-executive director of life insurance, pensions and investment mutual Royal London. Her appointment will commence from June 8.

Scottish commercial property consultancy firm Ryden has made three senior promotions with Nick Armstrong, based in the investment team in Edinburgh, to become partner. Eddie Fiddes who works in Aberdeen property management, has also been promoted to the role of partner.

The board of Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS) has appointed Martin Avila as the group's new CEO, replacing the outgoing CEO Ian Mitchell. Mr Avila joins from his current position as director at the Kinning Park Complex and will be taking up his new position in early August. He brings a new vi

Responsible finance provider, Social Investment Scotland (SIS), has appointed Louisa Macdonell to its board of directors. Ms Macdonell is CEO of the Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS), the membership body for community-led enterprising organisations. She is also an entrepreneur-in-reside

Law firm TLT has announced the promotion of five lawyers to partner, including Glasgow-based financial services disputes lawyer Louise Chopra, effective 1 May 2021. Ms Chopra specialises in complex banking disputes and commercial contractual disputes.

Wellhouse Housing Association has appointed Robert Murray as its new finance and corporate services manager. As a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant, Robert brings a wealth of experience to the progressive housing association where he will be lead officer for all finance functions as well as t

Independent financial advisory firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has recently appointed Jim Mortimer as a mortgage and protection adviser. Mr Mortimer will be based in the Ellon headquarters of the firm and will be supporting clients with mortgage and protection advice in and around Ab

A new chair and three new non-executive board members have been appointed to the Insolvency Service Board, providing strategic leadership to the agency. Incoming chair, Mark Austen, will be joined by Gary Kildare, Samantha Durrant and Rob Hunt on the Insolvency Service Board.

KPMG has appointed Rob Aitken as the new director of its transaction services team as it eyes post-lockdown growth across its Scottish offices. Mr Aitken will be based at the firm’s new city centre offices in Aberdeen, providing support to a range of clients including energy firms as they navi

Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Scott Hogan to lead its industrial and logistics practice in Scotland. Currently based in Aberdeen, Mr Hogan will relocate to the central belt to take up the newly created, nationwide role as the sector experiences a boom in activi

activpayroll, the global payroll and tax compliance specialist headquartered in Aberdeen, has appointed David Deacon as its chief people officer. Mr Deacon has had a very successful career as a leader in the Human Resources profession and brings over 30 years of international HR experience to t

Chartered accountants Gilliland & Company has announced the appointment of Lorraine Findlay as audit and accounting partner. Mr Findlay's appointment brings the number of partners in the Glasgow-based firm to five, as the practice continues to expand.

Chartered accountant Gerry McCarthy has joined Lanarkshire-based Phoenix Utilities as an associate finance director. Mr McCarthy brings broad experience across the construction and utility sectors, including recent experience as a small business owner in the utilities sector and nine years as financ

Edinburgh-based digital wallet and payments platform Zumo has appointed Liam Birch as the firm's new senior product owner. Mr Birch joins the Zumo team at a time of massive growth in the crypto space. He will be instrumental in leveraging the brand’s continued success as it moves past 50,000 u

Former Standard Life head Keith Skeoch has been appointed as chair of the Edinburgh International Festival board. Mr Skeoch, already a trustee and active member of the Festival's diversity and inclusion board working group, will take up the role from June.