Appointments

Ed Crockett has joined Savills as a director in the operational capital markets (OCM) division to operate within Scotland's real estate sector.  Based predominantly in the firm’s Edinburgh office, Crockett will also spend time in Savills Head office in London working across all OCM s

Baillie Gifford, the global investment management partnership, has appointed Ross Mathison as a portfolio manager of its Global Income Growth Fund and Responsible Global Equity Income Fund. Mr Mathison joined existing managers James Dow and Toby Ross on the funds on January 1.

PwC has appointed Martin Cowie as its new senior partner in Aberdeen, replacing Kevin Reynard. Kevin Reynard will retire from his post in June, after 34 years with the firm and seven in his current role.

Wealth manager James Hambro and Partners (JH&P) has appointed Chris Hardie as a financial planning specialist in its Edinburgh office. Hardie has worked in financial planning for ten years and is a Chartered Financial Planner. He holds the Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning and is a Fellow o

Glasgow-based accountancy firm William Duncan + Co has appointed Neil Reid to its board. Mr Reid, who marks 25 years with William Duncan + Co in March, trained and qualified with the firm, and has been a very important part of the firm’s progression and development, with a strong focus on

Jason Morris has been appointed regional leader for PwC in Scotland, replacing Claire Reid, who is leaving the role to become UK head of forensics. Mr Morris is a transaction services partner, based in Edinburgh, where he leads the 80-strong Deals practice.

Aberdeen-based restructuring and insolvency expert Richard Bathgate has been appointed as the chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Scotland. Mr Bathgate, who is Restructuring Partner at Johnston Carmichael, Scotland’s largest independent firm of accountants and business advis

EQ Accountants has appointed Greg Stapley as its new senior audit manager in its Glenrothes office. Greg Stapley joined EQ on Monday 3 January, having previously worked at AAB in Edinburgh as an audit senior manager. Originally from Kent where he qualified with ICAEW in 2004, he is now based in Dunf

Brown Shipley, a Quintet Private Bank, has appointed Kenny Cummings as a financial planner, based in Edinburgh, bolstering its wealth planning team in Scotland. Mr Cummings will report to Matt Hoyne, head of the Edinburgh office and work with Rebecca Williams, head of wealth planning in the UK.

Glasgow-based chartered accountant, tax adviser and auditor Russell & Russell is building on the growth it achieved over the 18 months of the pandemic by adding to its talent pool with four new appointments. The business advice specialist, which increased its client portfolio by a remarkable 20%

KPMG UK has promoted three colleagues in Scotland to Partner. Oliver Dockray, Martin Stephens, and Philippa Sanderson all became partners of the professional services firm on 1 December 2021. Oliver Dockray becomes partner and head of tax technology and innovation following 13 years with the firm. B

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Hall Morrice has made a senior appointment to the newly created role of tax director. Chris Colville, originally from Turriff and a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, has most recently been a business tax associate director at a big four firm. Prior to this, he

Knight Frank has appointed Harry Hawksby to lead its new trading business valuations service in Scotland, enhancing its experience across a wide range of leisure property and expanding the capabilities of its hotel, leisure and trading real estate teams. Mr Hawksby joins the independent commercial p

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business-critical services group, has appointed Alejandro Alcala-Canales, an experienced engineer, to join their innovation tax team. Alejandro Alcala-Canales joins AAB following a successful engineering career and will be applying his secto

Accountancy firm Azets has announced the promotion of Edinburgh-based partner Gary Devlin to UK head of internal audit and the appointment of Glasgow-based Elizabeth Young as an internal audit partner for Scotland and the North. Mr Devlin will lead a team of over 50 staff delivering an extensive ran