Appointments

The International Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has appointed the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Josephine Jackson to its board. Her appointment will commence on 1 January 2020 and will be for an initial term of three years. Ms Jackson is the FRC’s technical

SIS Ventures, Scotland’s leading ‘profit with purpose’ fund, has appointed David Ovens as it gears up for its next phase of fundraising with the appointment of a new chair. David Ovens, chief operating officer at Archangels and current vice-chair of SIS Ventures, takes over as chai

Beeks Financial Cloud Group has appointed Virgin Money's Graeme Marsh as chief information security officer. Beeks Financial Cloud is a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced that six new ACCA members have been elected to sit on its council. ACCA has also announced a new council board, which comprises the officers, three council members, two non-council appointees and the chief executive.

Accountant James Dempster has been appointed as a senior manager of Leonard Curtis' Scottish team. Mr Dempster joins the team within the group's Business Rescue and Recovery division based on Waterloo street in Glasgow.

Former RBS Edinburgh senior finance manager Neeraj Kapur has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Provident Financial. Mr Kapur will join the Board and start as chief financial officer on 1 April 2020.

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed real estate investment lawyer Neil Hogg as partner to its real estate team in Glasgow. Neil Hogg brings almost 30 years of experience, as well as a strong portfolio of clients and connections in the hotel, logistics and office sub-sectors.

Professor Alan Alexander has been appointed as the new chair of Audit Scotland. The public body said Professor Alexander, a non-executive member of Audit Scotland since 2018, will provide continuity to the organisation through the period of change in its membership.

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its leadership team with four new promotions. Emma Waterman, who heads up the firm’s Inverurie office, and Stewart Pennington, who is based in Edinburgh and plays a leading role in the food and drink team, have both been p

Glasgow-based financial firm Murphy Wealth has appointed Simon Lewis as its new financial planner. Simon Lewis has joined from Barclays Wealth, where he was a private banker for the previous nine years. Before that, he spent six years as an investment advisor with Speirs & Jeffrey.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited has appointed three new board members from the financial sector. Eric Hollanders' most recent position was that of CEO of a Dutch Bank, Loraine Strachan is a chartered accountant who completed her training with Ernst & Young in South Africa and Isabel Toden

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has appointed Lucie Martin as its relationship director for Scotland. Originally from Australia, Ms Martin has held various positions at some of the biggest firms in the country such as National Australia Bank, BNP Paribas and Westpac.

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Gaenor Cassell as partner to its banking practice in Scotland. Ms Cassell, who is currently a partner at Burness Paull, will join the company's Edinburgh team, bringing over 20 years' experience advising lenders and borrowers on all aspects of funding, both domestic a

Alison Mcgregor has been appointed as chair designate of the board of the Malcolm Group. Ms Gregor was previously chief executive of HSBC in Scotland.

Dr Lena Wilson CBE, one of Scotland’s most prolific and experienced business leaders, has been appointed as the new chair at accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T). Dr Wilson has over 30 years’ business experience across more than 40 countries. She spent eight years as the highly-regarded