Appointments

The Glasgow-headquartered pensions and SIPP provider @sipp firm has promoted a long-serving team member to finance manager, and elevated finance director Steve Lancaster to the newly created chief operating officer (COO) role. Mr Lancaster will oversee @sipp’s sales and operations departments

Joining from a Big Four firm, Azets has appointed George Roberts as corporate tax partner to its Glasgow office. Mr Roberts was last head of the local transactions tax team at EY. He has extensive experience of developing tax strategies on a wide variety of transactions both in the UK and inter

AAB has further expanded its virtual finance function (VFF) service with the appointment of Aberdeen-based Niall Pirie as VFF partner. Based in Aberdeen, Mr Pirie, who has led finance functions across a range of business sizes and types, brings 24 years of financial experience to the

abrdn Adviser has announced the appointment of Verona Kenny as the firm's first chief distribution officer. A senior leader in the platform industry over many years, Ms Kenny will join abrdn in Q4 having most recently worked as Managing Director, Intermediary at 7IM.

Aidan O'Carroll has been reappointed as chair of Revenue Scotland for a further three-year term. Mr O'Carroll, a former senior partner at EY, has chaired the Scottish tax authority since August 2021 and is credited with bringing insights into wider regulatory trends, organisational transformations a

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed Zoë Hodge as partner and head of the firm's UK consultancy team, based in Edinburgh. Bringing more than 20 years' experience, Ms Hodge will lead the 20-strong consulting team alongside partner Ewen Fleming, who leads the c

JP Morgan has appointed Gillian Murray to run its dedicated private banking advisory team in Scotland. Ms Murray joins the US banking giant from RBC Brewin Dolphin where she was an investment director, before which she was at North Capital Management.

Wbg, the independent accounting advisory, audit and tax firm, has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to drive forward its growth plans. As people & culture partner, Victoria Kirkhope’s role is to lead the people and culture agenda across Wbg to help underpin its ambitious

Independent financial advisory firm Interpath has announced that James Dewar and Joyce Thomson have successfully obtained their insolvency permits. The pair now join Interpath's head of Scotland Alistair McAlinden and managing director Geoff Jacobs as the firm's Scottish corporate insolvency practit

BTO has promoted Michael Cox to partner in the firm’s corporate team in Edinburgh. In his new position, Mr Cox will continue to focus on all aspects of corporate law with a specialism in M&A.

Johnston Carmichael has expanded its private client tax team, welcoming senior tax manager Margaret Heggie and announcing a series of promotions. Ms Heggie joins the firm with more than 25 years of experience of providing specialist tax advice on international tax, trusts, capital gains and high net

Bus operator McGill’s Group has made new appointments and changes to strengthen its senior leadership team, with Robbie Drummond CA joining as finance director. Mr Drummond has also been appointed company secretary. He is a Chartered Accountant who in recent years has led and transformed trans

Aberdeen-headquartered Spirit Energy has appointed Nick Harrison as CFO. Mr Harrison joins the firm with more than three decades of experience working within the energy sector, having previously held positions with Repsol Sinopec, Talisman Energy and Shell.

Professional services firm Hutcheon Mearns has strengthened the roll-out of its growth strategy with the appointment of Dougal Bennett as a non-executive director. Mr Bennett is a highly experienced figure in private equity, and he joins Hutcheon Mearns to support the firm’s rapid scale up, bo

Scottish accounting advisory, audit and tax firm Wbg has opened an office in Aberdeen and appointed a new corporate finance team. Tom Faichnie joins as partner, head of diligence & transactions, and Melanie Clark joins as corporate finance partner – with both based at the firm’s new