Appointments

Burness Paull has made two promotions and one appointment within its corporate tax and share incentives team. Christine Yuill has been elevated to head of tax with responsibility for leading the development of the firm’s corporate tax offering and its growing team of tax lawyers.

Lloyds Banking Group’s Jackie Leiper has been appointed as deputy chair of Scottish Financial Enterprise. Ms Leiper brings over 25 years’ experience in financial services to the role. She joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2010 and is currently the firm’s chief customer and distributio

Cazenove Capital, Schroders' wealth management arm in the UK, has appointed Sandra Dailidyte as portfolio manager in Edinburgh. This newly created role reinforces Cazenove Capital's commitment its rapidly expanding community of entrepreneurs and business owners in Scotland. Ms Dailidyte's appointmen

Rettie has hired Daniel Cohen as an associate director from Nicol Estate Agents, as the property firm looks to further strengthen its leadership team in the Southside of Glasgow. Mr Cohen will be based at Rettie’s Newton Mearns office, working closely with area director Kay Blair who joined fr

Glasgow-headquartered Macfarlane Group PLC, distributor of protective packaging, has appointed Joost Meijs to the new role of managing director, Macfarlane Packaging Distribution, Europe, as the company strengthens its presence in the European protective packaging market. In recent years the company

Young Spirits, an Edinburgh-based spirits bottling and brands business, has appointed its former director of operations, Barbara Russell Scott, to the post of managing director. She will now lead the senior management team in driving a programme of growth for the five-year-old business, building on

Stephen Baker has been named as Scotland's first Trade and Investment Envoy to Japan, tasked with driving international investment in key sectors such as energy transition, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, and food. Mr Baker spent 21 years with Sony, before joining Scottish Development Internati

HNH Partners has shared plans for growth and team expansion following a series of recent appointments. The multi-disciplinary corporate finance advisory firm, which has flagship offices in both Belfast and Edinburgh, confirmed the growth plans as it launched a new corporate identity.

Forvis Mazars has appointed Ryan Crilley as audit partner across its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Mr Crilley will work with privately owned businesses, navigating clients through the complexities of financial reporting and regulatory compliance market. He will also support the wider team with thei

SGN has announced that Simon Kilonback will become its new chief executive officer. He joined the energy network business in September 2023 as chief financial officer and will take over from Mark Wild who is leaving to run the high-speed rail project HS2.

Pinsent Masons has appointed Edinburgh-based partner Walter Clark to join its UK financial services corporate team. Mr Clark is an M&A lawyer with a primary focus on deals in the financial services sector across the UK, particularly for clients with a strong presence in Scotland.

Glasgow-headquartered ZLX Business Solutions, which specialises in research and development (R&D) tax credits among other financial solutions, has appointed Francis Kiernan to its board in the newly-created non-executive director role. With a career spanning more than 30 years in energy and

WeDO Scotland has named Richard Simpson, joint managing director of Tayburn, one of Scotland’s longest-standing creative agencies, as its new chair, along with a further two new advisory board members. Mr Simpson takes over from Glasgow entrepreneur Gordon White, managing director of fatBuzz.

Food ingredients firm Macphie Ltd has appointed Angela Willows as chief financial officer (CFO). Ms Willows, who previously held global leadership roles at Nestlé in Switzerland and Canada, brings more than two decades of experience in finance and business strategy.

The Aberdeen office of Azets has appointed four senior hires with Graeme Cran, David Urquhart, Fraser Murray all joining the 15 strong tax team as, respectively, associate director and senior managers, whilst Greg Houston joins the accounts & business advisory services (ABAS) team as a director.