Chiene + Tait appoints first ever female managing partner

Edinburgh accountancy firm Chiene + Tait has announced the promotion of Carol Flockhart to managing partner, the first female managing partner in the firm’s 130-year history.

A business support and corporate advisory expert means her appointment marks an important development in the firm’s offering as Chiene + Tait build’s on its long-established reputation as a top private client practice and fast developing corporate reputation.

Originally from West Linton, Ms Flockhart was the first in her family to go to university, achieving a first-class degree in Business Studies and Accounting from Edinburgh University before joining Chiene + Tait as a chartered accountant trainee in 1994.

Rising through the ranks quickly, she becoming a manager in 2001 and a director in 2008.

She became a full partner in 2011.

Ms Flockhart said: “I’m delighted to become managing partner. Since I joined Chiene + Tait, I’ve found wonderful and varied opportunities to learn skills and develop my career.

“For me, this is both a personal honour – and one of which I’m very proud – and a notable signifier of our firm’s long-standing dedication to training, career progression and meritocracy.

“There are no barriers here to progression: if you want it, and you work for it, you can achieve it.

“I look forward to working with our talented team to take our services and offerings to clients to the next level, while also growing the firm and helping more people make it to the top.”