Appointments

The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) has appointed Bryan Zhang as independent chair of the newly set-up strategic working group (SWG). The committee, led by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and including the CMA and HM Treasury, announced the forma

NatWest Group has announced that Scott Marcar will join its executive committee as chief information officer from 5 September 2022, subject to regulatory approval. Mr Marcar joins the group from Deutsche Bank where he was CIO. Scott has over 25 years of technology experience having led teams across

Commercial property company HFD Group has made two new appointments to its board with the promotion of Stuart Teape and Katrina Ovenden to finance director and legal director respectively. Mr Teape joined HFD in July 2021 and previously held a number of senior finance roles within the

Edinburgh-based private bank Hampden & Co has hired Gill Sanders from Adam & Co as a banking director. Ms Sanders spent over 20 years with Adam & Co, most recently as associate director, private banking.

Business transformation and advanced data science consultancy Optima Partners has received £2.3 million from investment company BGF. Optima Partners is an Edinburgh-headquartered data science and transformation consultancy founded in 2013, with offices in London and Bristol.

Henderson Loggie has appointed Helen Young to lead the accountancy firm’s learning and development strategy. An experienced strategic consultant, Ms Young brings over 25 years of experience in organisational and people development. She will be responsible for creating development pathways to s

Wealth management and professional services group, Evelyn Partners, has announced that Callan Anderson, the founder and owner of boutique financial planning business Equilibrium Financial Consultancy, will be joining its Glasgow office. Mr Anderson, who has run Glasgow-based Equilibrium for the past

Experienced business advisor Craig Nicol has been appointed as a consultant by EQ Accountants LLP. Craig Nicol, former managing partner of Thorntons Law LLP, will join EQ in August to focus on supporting the firm with its growth ambitions and in enthusing the next generation of advisers. He wil

Aberdeen-based firm Bespoke Decorators has collapsed - 15 jobs have been lost as a result. Begbies Traynor has been appointed liquidator. The firm had to cease trading due to cashflow issues from a build-up of bad debts and delayed payment from customers. It has been reported that the firm closed ow

Consilium Chartered Accountants has appointed Craig Coyle as a partner at the Glasgow-based firm. From July, Mr Coyle will lead Consilium’s tax department alongside founding partner, Raymond Clarke.

In an unusual appeal, the liquidators of Glencraft are urging creditors to get in touch to register their claims. A substantial legacy left to the Royal Aberdeen Workshops for the Blind and Disabled, which traded as Glencraft since 1873 on Wellington Road in Aberdeen prior to entering liquidation in

Two new directors have been appointed at Wylie & Bisset. The promotions see insolvency and business recovery team associate director Paul McDougall, with almost 16 years’ service, become a director, and senior internal audit manager Stephen Pringle, with 11.5 years’ service with the

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has embarked on a significant expansion of its restructuring team with the appointment of seven trainee accountants. The trainees, most of whom joined the firm over the last 12 months, are based across Scotland and were recruited as part of

HM Treasury has today announced the appointment of Ashley Alder as the new chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Mr Alder is currently chief executive officer of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong, a role he has held since 2011. He also chairs the Board of the Interna

DM Hall Chartered Surveyors has announced the appointment of two directors, Steven Dale and Greg Fisher, and six promotions to associate status. Mr Dale joined DM Hall as a graduate surveyor in September 2013 after completing an MA (Hons) in property at the University of Aberdeen in 2012. He be