Appointments

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.

Kingdom Housing Association has appointed Ken Tudhope as its new director of finance. Currently director of finance at Weslo Housing, Mr Tudhope will take up his new role on July 1 and brings with him a wealth of experience in the sector which will prove invaluable in his work to secure funding for

The board of directors of the Edinburgh-headquartered bank Hampden & Co has announced that Simon Miller is set to become its new chairman. Mr Miller will rejoin the private bank he helped found under its original name, Scoban, in 2010. Scoban was rebranded as Hampden & Co in 2014 and opened

Andrew Davis and Emma Herd have been appointed to the board of Historic Environment Scotland. Andrew Davis is a qualified accountant and experienced strategy and commercial director in the Scottish financial services sector. He currently holds the role of commercial director at TSB, having also

Aberdonian Anneliese Dodds has been appointed as shadow chancellor following Sir Kier Starmer's appointment as leader of The Labour Party. Ms Dodds grew up in Aberdeen and completed a Masters Degree in social policy at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in government at the London School of Econo

Three new partners will take up their roles at tax and business advisory firm, EQ Accountants LLP on 1 April 2020, bringing the total number of partners in the Firm to 17. At a time when all businesses are finding economic conditions as difficult as they have ever been, it is important to remember t