Appointments

Russell Alton, the current finance chief of Norwegian energy firm Equinor, has been appointed as the new chief executive of Aberdeen-based Neo Energy. Mr Alton will take up his new role at the end of August.

PwC has appointed Matthew Hall as office senior partner at its Edinburgh office whilst Robin McBurnie has been appointed to the same role in Glasgow.  In addition, Edinburgh-based Jason Higgs and Paul Cheshire both became partners at the firm on July 1. Mr Higgs leads PwC Scotland’s Busin

Chartered accountants and business advisory firm Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has appointed Ian Marshall as director. As well as having worked with a diverse range of tech businesses, right through from start-ups to high-growth and turnaround, Mr Marshall also has significant experience

Glasgow-based financial services firm XFS Limited has appointed Margo Kidd as its new chief operations officer. Ms Kidd has over 15 years of senior management experience, including a decade of strategic development and plan execution on a UK basis. She also has 32 years experience in collections.

Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has appointed Stephen Bird as its new chief executive as Keith Skeoch announced he will stand down from the role later this year. Mr Bird has an established track record of delivering exceptional value to clients and customers, creating high-quality revenue and earnings

Giles Wilson, chief executive officer of global aviation services firm John Menzies PLC, has announced that he will leave the group to take up the position of chief financial officer with William Grant & Sons.

Veteran fund manager Harry Nimmo been appointed co-manager of the £1 billion Aberdeen Standard Investments Global Smaller Companies fund which he helped create in 2012. Mr Nimmo replaces Alan Rowsell, investment director, who has resigned from the fund along with investment analyst Imogen Harr

Dundee-based manufacturing firm Pryme Group has appointed Tyler Buchan as its new chief financial officer. Mr Buchan will succeed Kerrie Murray following her recent promotion to the role of CEO.

Bryan Lord, a technology sector veteran with 30 years’ experience of running and growing global business consulting practices, has become the latest senior recruit to join Aberdeen-based Inoapps following his appointment as head of service delivery. Prior to taking on this newly created r

Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). 

Industry leadership group Scotland for Employee Ownership (SfEO) has announced the appointment of Isabella Miller as the new co-chair of its board. Ms Miller, who is the head of branch for John Lewis in Glasgow, will work working alongside existing joint chair Jamie Hepburn MSP, minister for busines

Robin Beer, the new CEO of Brewin Dolphin, has assumed his new role. Mr Beer succeeded David Nicol after he announced plans to retire in January this year.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that Simon Fraser has been appointed as the chair of the Pre-Emption Group (PEG). Mr Fraser has been a longstanding member of the PEG and has a long and distinguished career in investment management and corporate roles, including his current role a

RSM has expanded its Scottish audit team with the appointment of Katie Morrison as partner in the firm's Glasgow branch. Ms Morrison joins from KPMG where she worked as an audit director. She has over 18 years of experience working in corporate audit, ranging from owner manager to fully listed compa

Leading Scottish financial services executive Neil Easson has joined the board of the Scottish Building Society. Mr Easson has more than 20 years’ experience in the sector, having held a range of senior positions at Lloyd’s Banking Group.