AAB appoints key strategic advisor in financial services sector

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced the appointment of Jim Muir as financial services strategic advisor.

Mr Muir, himself a Chartered Accountant, brings significant consulting and board experience to AAB having held partner positions in international professional services firms, most recently as head of financial services in RSM UK, and board positions in financial services businesses including wealth managers and building societies.

Throughout his career Mr Muir has delivered a number of large-scale projects which have transformed organisations’ performance through, for example, cost-reduction, merger and acquisitions or revenue growth through technology-led performance improvement initiatives.

As a business coach, he has also worked with senior teams to shape long-term growth strategies and deliver sustainable excellence in business performance by identifying and implementing plans to maximise new commercial opportunities.

Bill Kane, head of consulting at AAB, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jim to our firm and Consulting team. He brings outstanding skills and expertise which complement our ability to provide a fantastic service to our clients. He also brings a key network to AAB and his appointment further enhances our ability to provide an all-round consulting service to our financial services clients.”

Mr Muir added: “I am very excited to be joining the AAB team and am looking forward to being able to play a part in further developing our consulting offering. The team here has a great dynamic and a fantastically diverse skillset. My new colleagues and I are already engaging with our clients, existing and new, to help them achieve their objectives by delivering value added consulting projects.”