Appointments

Four ICAS Foundation students are set to return to Johnston Carmichael as graduate trainees. The foundation was set-up to help talented young people from diverse socio-economic backgrounds into the profession, as part of its scheme it partnered with the accountancy firm.

Triodos Bank UK has appointed Greig Blackie as a senior relationship manager to focus on financing nature based solutions in its business lending team. Mr Blackie has more than a decade of experience across infrastructure finance, sustainable investment and natural capital. His career has included f

Brooks Macdonald has made three new appointments to strengthen its team in Glasgow and Edinburgh.  Ross MacNish joined the Brooks Financial team in Edinburgh as principal financial planning director on 14th September. 

Bespoke pension firm Yorsipp has appointed Mark Randell as strategic partnerships and distribution director to its business development team. The specialist self-invested personal pension (SIPP) self-administered pension scheme (SSAS) provider comes as it aims to expand its presence across the UK. H

Caledonia Investments has appointed Alastair Vere Nicoll as a non-executive director with effect from 15 September 2026. Mr Vere Nicoll started his career as a private equity lawyer at international law firm Freshfields. He later founded Berkeley Energy, a business focused on developing, constr

Mirabaud Asset Management has hired former Aviva Investors duo Giles Parkinson and Will Ballard to launch their new global equity strategy. Mr Parkinson spent five years working as head of equities at Trinity Bridge before that, he worked alongside Mr Ballard at Aviva Investors, where he was a portf

Amy Burnett has been appointed regional coverage director for Scotland and Northern Ireland at HSBC Innovation Banking. The bank is a specialised global banking division designed to support start-ups, scale-ups, growth companies, and venture capital investors. In her new role, she will be responsibl

Dains Accountants has appointed David MacCallum as an audit partner and responsible individual to help its clients across Scotland. Mr MacCallum joined Dains from Azets, where he was audit director and responsible individual, bringing experience working with owner-managed and private equity-backed b

Aviva has appointed Amanda Thomson as branch manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland. She will be responsible for overseeing trading across the entire Northern Ireland and Scotland region, leading a team of more than 50 underwriters based at Aviva's offices in Glasgow and Belfast. 

Accountancy firm Azets has appointed Michael Norrie as an associate director in corporate tax, in response to continued growth for tax advice from businesses and private clients across the North East. The firm confirmed it is planning to recruit further tax specialists over the coming year, revealin

Business consulting and investment firm The Exiteers has acquired a minority stake in Breadalbane Finance. The Scottish commercial brokerage firm has appointed former Scotland Sevens rugby international player James Johnstone as its managing director to lead its next phase of growth.

M&G Investments has promoted Jen Braswell to global head of impact. Braswell joins from Swedish private equity EQT, where she worked as managing director of global equity for more than three years before leaving in 2025. Since January 2026, she worked as a senior impact advisor to responsAbility

AAB has launched a new governance, risk and compliance practice with the appointment of governance specialist Jason Davies as partner. The new practice has been established in response to increasing governance, regulatory and compliance demands facing businesses following recent reforms increasing e

LAVA Advisory Partners has expanded into the US, opening an office in New York's Chrysler Building and appointing two new staff to lead the move US-based M&A professionals Carlo Porreca and Helen Dixon have joined the London- based mid-market M&A advisory firm as partners. Porreca brings nea

Phil Anderson Financial Services has expanded its team and opened a new office in Aberdeen. The independent financial advice firm opened its new Aberdeen office at 52 Carden Place at the beginning of July. It also appointed Farai Magodo as a financial planner and Cyprus Adams as a trainee financial