Appointments

Finance manager Joe McBridge has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Williamsburgh Housing Association. Mr McBride originally joined the senior management team of Williamsburgh Housing Association as finance manager in February 2002.

Nick Halfhide, director of sustainable growth at Scottish Natural Heritage, has been appointed interim chief executive of South of Scotland Enterprise, the new agency regenerating the economy of the South of Scotland. Mr Halfhide will take on the role from 3 February until a permanent appointme

A management reshuffle has occurred at accountancy firm RSM following the discovery of an error in its accounts.  RSM scored a major win last year when it was appointed as auditor to Sports Direct. However, the company's accounts for the year to 31st March revealed that the firm had made e

Andrew Donaldson, the current finance director of Fife-based family timber merchanting business James Donaldson and Son, will take on the role of group managing director later this year. In July last year, the firm announced that group managing director Scott Cairns would step down later in 2019.

Calum Cowe has been appointed as the new director of JLL's growing Scottish investment team. Mr Cowe will join the property consultants as director within its capital markets team after spending over eight years at Cushman & Wakefield. He joined as a graduate and rose through the ranks to become

Andrew Bailey, the current chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has been appointed as the next governor of the Bank of England. Mr Bailey will become the 121st governor of the bank on 16 March 2020.

Scottish Friendly has appointed Scott McNeill as head of finance and insurance risk. Mr McNeill has over 11 years’ experience in financial services, across risk and capital management.

Dalriada Trustees, one of the largest providers of independent professional trustee services to pensions schemes in the UK, has announced the appointment of John Wilson as had of technical, research and policy. The company has also appointed Sarah Ballantyne as a professional trustee.

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