Appointments

Edinburgh-based Money Dashboard has appointed former Paypal CEO Renier Lemmens as its new chairman. Mr Lemmens is a venture partner focusing on fintech with DN Capital, one of Europe's most established venture capital funds for early-stage start-ups.

United Capital, the Dundee-based building sector investment firm, has announced the appointment of leading employment lawyer Ryan Russell as in-house legal counsel and non-executive director. After the company’s most recent acquisition, the group, which includes former Scotland top 500 bu

Edinburgh-based fixed income specialist Cameron Hume has appointed Alla Bashenko to its board as an independent non-executive director. Ms Bashenko has enjoyed a global career in financial services, predominantly with Goldman Sachs and Nomura International. Her expertise spans a wide range of asset

Former Metro Bank chief Darren Schindler has been appointed chief operating officer of Karma, the fintech seeking to disrupt the payday loan market. Mr Schindler, joins the fintech after a series of successful Scottish trials of the app which empowers employees to access interest-free monthly advanc

Glasgow-based McCrea Financial Services has appointed Grant Sneddon to its advisory team with him taking up the new role of independent financial adviser.  Mr Sneddon joins McCreas from Policy Services / Virtue Money where he served as a financial adviser. Prior to that, he held senior position

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has appointed Laura Smith to the newly-created position of Xero lead to promote the benefits of digital book-keeping to SMEs. Ms Smith, director and head of healthcare at the firm, notes that recent weeks have seen many SMEs adopt digital book-keeping systems

After almost four decades at the firm, Baillie Gifford’s joint senior partner Charles Plowden will retire on 30 April 2021. Following his retirement, Malcolm MacColl will become joint senior partner.

KPMG has appointed James Kergon as its new senior partner to lead the firm’s Glasgow offices. In addition to overseeing KPMG’s largest Scottish base, Mr Kergon will continue in his role as head of deals in Scotland.

Housing and care provider Bield has appointed Paula Rice as its new director of finance and resources. Ms Rice brings more than 25 years of experience working across a variety of sectors, her role will see her lead the finance, HR and IT teams across Bield and she has already outlined her

Brewin Dolphin has added to its growing Glasgow financial planning team with the appointment of Daniel Hough. With a decade’s experience in financial services, Mr Hough joins the wealth manager as a financial planner from Mattioli Woods where he spent more than four years working in Aberdeensh

Virgin Money, formerly known as Clydesdale Bank, has announced that it has appointed David Bennett as its new chairman.  His appointments follows the announcement made earlier this year that its current chairman, Dundonian Jim Pettigrew would retire.

UKSE, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, has appointed finance veteran Scott Webb as its area manager for Scotland. With a background in business finance, including roles at Clydesdale Bank, North Ayrshire Council and the West of Scotland Loan Fund, Scott Webb joined UKSE almost eight years ago.

KPMG has bolstered its infrastructure, government and healthcare management consulting team in Scotland with the appointment of David Grimson as director. Mr Grimson will focus on supporting public sector clients to improve how they operate, use technology and data to better deliver positive outcome

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has appointed Andy Shaw as a partner. Mr Shaw, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, will lead AAB’s public sector and not-for-profit audit business across Scotland. He will also use his expertise to work closely with the AAB

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