Appointments

Scottish law firm Blackadders has strengthened its private client team with the appointment of tax planning specialist Lynn Melville as its new partner. Lynn Melville, who is an accomplished lawyer in the private client field, has joined the firm and will be based in the Dundee and Perth offices. Sh

KPMG has appointed Vishal Chopra as partner and its new head of tax in Scotland. Mr Chopra joins KPMG from Grant Thornton, where he held the equivalent role.

North sea oil firm Ithaca Energy has appointed David Crawford as its chief financial officer. Mr Crawford is taking over the role from his predecessor Mr Graham Forbes who will be leaving Ithaca, effective 1 February 2021.

Yorsipp, a specialist provider of bespoke SIPP, SSAS and 'At Retirement' pension solutions, has appointed Iain McCallum as its new technical and compliance manager. Mr McCallum is a pensions expert with over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, having served in various capac

Walker's Shortbread has announced the appointment of Norman Ross as its new finance director following the retirement of Dave Edwards. Norman Ross is currently finance director of Speymalt Whisky Distributors, better known as Gordon & MacPhail.

Independent chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Ayrshire-based John McHugh as the firm’s new managing partner. He replaces Eric Curran who steps down following six years in post and 43 years at the firm.

Private client specialist Roddy Harrison has joined Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie as partner. He is a strong addition to the firm’s private client team, bringing considerable expertise in high level tax and estate planning.

Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower, has taken over from Edrington’s Graham Hutcheon as chair of CBI Scotland. Mr Anderson also joins the CBI chairs’ committee, the body responsible for setting and steering CBI policy at a UK level.

Andrew McPhillips has been appointed development director for Legal & General Strategic Land Limited. In his new role, Andrew will be responsible for managing a portfolio of strategic sites and will work closely with his colleagues at the CALA Group, the housebuilding arm of Legal &

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Quilter CEO Paul Feeney as the chair of its independent Practitioner Panel. Paul will take up the post from 1 January 2021, succeeding Tulsi Naidu, CEO of Zurich UK. He has been a member of the panel since 2015.

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate Archangels led investments of £16.3 million in promising Scottish start-up and early stage companies in 2020, topping its 2019 total of £13.4m by 22%. Across 2020, the syndicate

Ashtead Technology, which has facilities in Aberdeen and Inverurie, has appointed a chief financial officer (CFO) and five managers for newly created roles across its international team. Ingrid Stewart assumed the new CFO position this week, bringing 23 years of corporate finance experience to the A

Johnston Carmichael has added to its leadership team with the promotion of a new partner and seven new directors. New partner Barry Masson, based in Edinburgh, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003 and joined Johnston Carmichael in 2014. He has been integral to growing the firm’s audit p

Scottish businessman Crawford Gillies has been named as the next chair of Barclays Bank UK PLC, succeeding Sir Ian Cheshire. Barclays Group said Sir Ian is stepping down "with regret" because he is "unable to accommodate the increased time commitment and duration" required to see through its post-pa

Glasgow-based regeneration specialist Urban Union has announced the appointment of Alanna Caldwell as an assistant accountant. Ms Caldwell will assist Nicola Links in the finance team following her recent promotion to management accountant.