AAB announces three significant promotions

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) have announced the promotions of Douglas Martin to head of corporate finance, and Steven Fraser and Brian McMurray to the role of directors.

Mr Martin joined AAB as a graduate trainee, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in 2005 and became partner in 2010.

He has significant corporate finance experience from involvement in over 150 deals.

During his time at AAB he has contributed to the firm being named the top dealmakers in Scotland for the last 11 years, after being recognised as the accountants having completed the most deals each year from 2005-2015. He succeeds Mike Brown in this role and his appointment forms part of the firm’s succession plan.

Mr Fraser, meanwhile, joined AAB in 2007 and is head of AAB’s integrated employment solutions team, specialising in global employment tax and social security compliance matters. He helps businesses strike the balance between monitoring costs and managing risk associated with complex global reporting requirements. He is a member of The ICAEW’s tax faculty, enabling AAB to be at the forefront of HMRC change. The faculty’s main objective is to push and work with HMRC for a better tax system.

Brian McMurray joined AAB’s corporate finance team in 2007 after qualifying as a CA in 2006 with the firm’s audit services department. He primarily acts as Lead Advisor in all areas of Corporate Finance deals with his particular expertise being delivery of acquisitions, disposals, MBO/I’s, debt/equity fund-raising and refinancing. He advises clients in a wide variety of sectors and has played a key role in executing a number of high profile deals in recent years.

AAB managing partner, Graeme Allan, said: “These appointments expand our leadership team and further strengthen our ability to deliver only the very best of client service. Each of these promotions is well deserved and key to the succession development and continuing prosperity of the firm.”