Appointments

Law firm Murray Beith Murray has announced a number of internal promotions across its asset protection and property groups. Fraser Scott, who has been with Murray Beith Murray since 2015, has been promoted from senior solicitor to associate. He works in the firm’s asset protection group and sp

Glasgow-based Russell & Russell, the long-established family-owned accountancy and business advisory firm, has restructured its senior management team from outside the family as it prepares for a new phase of growth. Stuart Clark has been appointed managing director of the Glasgow-based firm, wh

Law firm Aberdein Considine has appointed Natalie Mortimer as head of compliance and Thomas Lilie as head of legal for the Lender Services Practice Group. Ms Mortimer has moved to Aberdein Considine from Virgin Money where she was head of risk, compliance and quality. She brings over 15 years’

Cynergy Bank has opened its first Scottish office in Edinburgh with two former Royal Bank of Scotland employees joining the team. Kenny Stewart, director of property finance in Scotland, is an experienced banker who worked with Royal Bank of Scotland for over 30 years, where he led the structur

Hampden & Co has strengthened its banking team in Scotland with the appointments of Clare Ansell and Ian Gibson as banking directors. Both Ms Ansell and Mr Gibson join from Handelsbanken. Clare Ansell spent over a decade with Royal Bank of Scotland followed by four years with Handelsbanken based

Nick Pollard has been appointed group finance director at housing, care and property-management organisation Link Group Ltd. Currently director of finance and digital at Kingdom Group, Mr Pollard will join Link Group in April 2020.

Borders and Northumberland based accountants Rennie Welch LLP has expanded into new offices in Berwick on Tweed to accommodate growth in its business across the local region. The move into a larger 258 square metre premises in the town’s Ramparts Business Park follows last year’s merger

Jon Pickstone, deputy director of regional economic development at the Scottish Government, has been elected to the board of the Institute of Economic Development (IED). The EID is the UK’s leading independent professional body for economic development and regeneration practitioners working fo

Chartered accountancy and business advisory firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has appointed Duncan Raggett as an insolvency practitioner. Mr Raggett, who has been Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) qualified since 2015, shall accept insolvency appointments with immediate effect and

Aneta Hologa has been appointed to join the financial services team at Munro & Noble solicitors and estate agents. The company said Ms Hologa's mixture of skills from both her background in banking and having worked as an independent mortgage adviser made her the ideal candidate to join the team

Dundee accountancy firm owner Furqan Baig has been appointed vice-president for Scotland of the UK Asian Business Council (UKABC). The UKABC assists businesses to make deals internationally.

Ian Smith, group chief financial officer (CFO) of Virgin Money UK PLC, will join Nordea as group CFO and head of group finance. Mr Smith will also become a member of the group leadership team.

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has elected City of Glasgow College principal and CEO Paul Little as its new president for a two-year term. Mr Little succeeds Jim McHarg, HR director at Trillium Flow Technologies. His deputy for the term is Gillian Docherty, CEO of Data Lab.

Brewin Dolphin has announced that its current chief executive David Nicol has decided to retire, with Robin Beer appointed as his successor. Mr Nicol will step down from his role as chief executive on 14th June 2020 after eight years and will remain with the group for a transitionary period until 29

CMS has announced the appointment of Julie Devlin, who joins the firm’s finance practice group as an of counsel. Set to be based in Glasgow, Ms Devlin joins CMS from Dentons, bringing a wealth of experience in the specialist area of regulated credit and hire which significantly bolsters C