Appointments

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has strengthened its business restructuring team with the appointment of director Kevin Lamb in its Edinburgh office. Mr Lamb joins from RSM after five years in its restructuring team.

The success of Campbell Dallas’ pioneering apprentice and graduate trainee development programme has resulted in four long-serving staff being promoted to the partnership in the New Year. The promotions are effective 1st January 2020, and the new partner appointments are the first following a

Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Alastair Frood, a financial services and commercial litigator, as litigation & disputes partner. Mr Frood, who will join the global legal practice on 6 January 2020, has over 20 years’ experience, during which time he has built a reputation as a highly-ex

Anderson Strathern Asset Management, the financial planning and investment business wholly owned by Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern LLP, has hired Graham Clark from Adam & Company as its new chief executive. Mr Clark was a director at Adam & Company and its head of financial planning.

Aberdeen-based mechanical and electrical services firm EnerMech has appointed Sandeep Sharma as its chief financial officer. Mr Sharma was formerly employed in the same position at Stork and prior to this, he was finance director at Bombardier Transportation.

Scottish Financial Enterprise has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of RBS chairman in Scotland Malcolm Buchanan as board director. Mr Buchanan is chairman, Scotland for the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the bank’s managing director for corporate & commercial banking, responsible for

The International Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has appointed the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Josephine Jackson to its board. Her appointment will commence on 1 January 2020 and will be for an initial term of three years. Ms Jackson is the FRC’s technical

SIS Ventures, Scotland’s leading ‘profit with purpose’ fund, has appointed David Ovens as it gears up for its next phase of fundraising with the appointment of a new chair. David Ovens, chief operating officer at Archangels and current vice-chair of SIS Ventures, takes over as chai

Beeks Financial Cloud Group has appointed Virgin Money's Graeme Marsh as chief information security officer. Beeks Financial Cloud is a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced that six new ACCA members have been elected to sit on its council. ACCA has also announced a new council board, which comprises the officers, three council members, two non-council appointees and the chief executive.

Accountant James Dempster has been appointed as a senior manager of Leonard Curtis' Scottish team. Mr Dempster joins the team within the group's Business Rescue and Recovery division based on Waterloo street in Glasgow.

Former RBS Edinburgh senior finance manager Neeraj Kapur has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Provident Financial. Mr Kapur will join the Board and start as chief financial officer on 1 April 2020.

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed real estate investment lawyer Neil Hogg as partner to its real estate team in Glasgow. Neil Hogg brings almost 30 years of experience, as well as a strong portfolio of clients and connections in the hotel, logistics and office sub-sectors.

Professor Alan Alexander has been appointed as the new chair of Audit Scotland. The public body said Professor Alexander, a non-executive member of Audit Scotland since 2018, will provide continuity to the organisation through the period of change in its membership.

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its leadership team with four new promotions. Emma Waterman, who heads up the firm’s Inverurie office, and Stewart Pennington, who is based in Edinburgh and plays a leading role in the food and drink team, have both been p