Appointments

Burness Paull has bolstered its rural business offering with the addition of a six-person team led by agriculture and estates specialist Linda Tinson. Ms Tinson has been appointed as a partner in Burness Paull’s real estate division and head of the firm’s expanded rural business practice

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted seven of its lawyers to partner and 10 to legal director. The promotions took effect on 1 May.

Pension consultancy Isio has welcomed two new senior hires in Scotland to support the growth of its trustee actuarial services and public service consulting teams as the firm continues to expand its offering across its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Glasgow-based Kenneth Wilson joins the senior mana

Clive Bellingham CA has been appointed as the new president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) for 2023/2024. Mr Bellingham, who is also a former member of the PwC Global Board, was confirmed as president at the ICAS AGM on Friday 28 April 2023. He takes over from Indy Sing

Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of five new partners in its latest round of internal promotions. Oil and gas lawyer, Laura Petrie makes the step up to partner, along with personal and family solicitor, Jessica Flowerdew, corporate and commercial lawyers Grant Strachan and Robert Ross, and

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced a string of promotions and appointments.

SBP Accountants and Business Advisers (SBP), a north-east accountancy firm has made a round of nine promotions in April, including the appointment of two new directors to the senior management team. Stephen Glanas and Stuart Beaton, based at SBP Accountants and Business Advisers’ (SBP) Aberdee

Property consultant FG Burnett has announced the retirement of Graeme Watt after 42 years of service with building consultancy director Iona Foubister simultaneously joining the firm's board. Graeme Watt joined the business in 1981 and progressed to a shareholding director within the firm with a str

Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has appointed Mark Plummer as Head of Private Banking for its London office. One of the most experienced professionals in UK private banking, Mark began his career at Coutts, spending 12 years there before spending a further 13 years at C. Hoare

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has appointed Al Denholm as its new chief executive officer. Mr Denholm, a seasoned asset management professional with over 36 years of experience, previously held executive and senior investment leadership positions at major financial institutions like P

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has appointed Mick Campbell as its new partner in its Glasgow financial services team as the firm continues to invest in talent in Scotland. Mick Campbell joins the firm’s financial services team from Atos UK, a worldwide digital leader

Ed Monaghan has returned to the housebuilding industry after his departure from Mactaggart & Mickel last year, having been appointed as a non-executive director at Clark Contracts. Mr Monaghan will work on a new private homes division at the construction firm. The new division, named Nova Homes,

Accountancy and business advisory firm Henderson Loggie, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow Aberdeen and Dundee, has appointed Diana Penny as head of audit. Ms Penny takes over the role from Gavin Black who has led significant growth in audit revenues in recent years. He joined Henderson Loggie

JLL has appointed Fraser Blackwood as a director in its planning energy & infrastructure team. Since joining the commercial real estate advisor in 2021, Fraser has played a fundamental part in maintaining and growing JLL’s planning position in Glasgow, securing a number of new instructions

SME funding provider Reward Finance Group has restructured its client relationship operations across Scotland by promoting Chris Ibbetson to head it up. With Reward providing tailored business finance loans and asset based solutions to SMEs across the UK, Mr Ibbetson will now lead the client relatio