Appointments

Brewin Dolphin has added to its growing Glasgow financial planning team with the appointment of Daniel Hough. With a decade’s experience in financial services, Mr Hough joins the wealth manager as a financial planner from Mattioli Woods where he spent more than four years working in Aberdeensh

Virgin Money, formerly known as Clydesdale Bank, has announced that it has appointed David Bennett as its new chairman.  His appointments follows the announcement made earlier this year that its current chairman, Dundonian Jim Pettigrew would retire.

UKSE, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, has appointed finance veteran Scott Webb as its area manager for Scotland. With a background in business finance, including roles at Clydesdale Bank, North Ayrshire Council and the West of Scotland Loan Fund, Scott Webb joined UKSE almost eight years ago.

KPMG has bolstered its infrastructure, government and healthcare management consulting team in Scotland with the appointment of David Grimson as director. Mr Grimson will focus on supporting public sector clients to improve how they operate, use technology and data to better deliver positive outcome

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has appointed Andy Shaw as a partner. Mr Shaw, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, will lead AAB’s public sector and not-for-profit audit business across Scotland. He will also use his expertise to work closely with the AAB

Edinburgh-based startup Trickle has secured a series of business wins and made three new hires in line with its increased business activity. A number of NHS regional boards in Scotland including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Forth Valley have now signed up to Trickle's wellbeing, e

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has appointed Mark Tennant as its new chairman. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise and former deputy chairman of the Scottish Government’s financial services advisory board.

Catherine Burnet, a chartered accountant and the regional chair for KPMG in Scotland, has been appointed as the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) for 2020/21. Mr Burnet, who is also a member of the Financial Services Advisory board to Scottish Government, was

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) chartered accountants and business advisors has appointed Alasdair Green as head of E&P (Exploration and Production). Having been instrumental in developing AAB’s presence in the upstream oil and gas sector in his previous role by dr

Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted corporate finance specialist John Morrison as a partner at the firm.  Mr Morrisons' appointment is part of a tranche of appointments which has seen has construction law specialist Lauren Thomson appointed as a partner and four of the firms' lawyers

David Shadwell, an experienced financial services sector and SME business adviser, has been appointed as partner within Chiene + Tait’s (C+T) accounts and business support team. A University of Edinburgh graduate, Mr Shadwell returns to the UK after a nine-year spell in New Zealand.

Former UK Treasury official Sir John Kingman has been appointed as the new chairman of Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank. Sir John Kingman has considerable financial services experience gained as second permanent secretary at HM Treasury and chairman of Legal & General.

Peter Vardy Limited has announced the appointment of Colin McLellan as its new chief financial officer for its group of companies, which include the digital finance broker CarMoney and software solution provider SilverBullet.

Taylor & Martin, the Glasgow-based factoring business, has opened an Edinburgh office and appointed David Jones to head the company’s East Coast operations.  Mr Jones, formerly of James Gibb and Hacking and Patterson, has already helped the comp

Eilidh Mactaggart has been appointed the first CEO of the Scottish National Investment Bank. With over 20 years of global experience in banking and investment management, she will lead the Bank’s mission-based approach to investing in Scotland’s economy.