Appointments

Edinburgh-based specialty pharmaceuticals business Kelso Pharma has appointed former Big Four accountant and experienced pharmaceutical executive John Rooper as director of corporate development. With a wealth of experience in the life sciences sector after working at Ernst and Young (EY) in a senio

Property consultancy Bidwells has appointed Jake Shaw-Tan as its new head of rural agency, Scotland. Shaw-Tan’s background includes heading up the agency department for Galbraith in Ayrshire, where he managed a team handling a diverse portfolio of rural properties, including building plots, co

Henderson Loggie has welcomed 13 new trainees. The latest cohort includes seven graduates, including two of this year’s Dundee University Accountancy Prize winners, two modern apprentices, and four school leavers, bringing the total number of trainees recruited by the firm over the past five y

After more than three decades at Scotmid, and almost 20 as chief executive, John Brodie CA has retired. Mr Brodie is a Chartered Accountant who worked in an Accountancy Practice before joining the Society in 1993 as chief financial officer. He was appointed acting CEO in 2004 and CEO in February 200

Baillie Gifford has announced that Andrew Telfer, one of three managing partners, will retire on 31 March 2025 after almost 33 years with the firm, including 13 as a managing partner and CEO. His successor will be Tim Campbell, who has been with the firm for 25 years and a partner for 12.

The Scottish Space Network has appointed Ross Hamilton as chief operating officer (COO) to help drive investment and growth across Scotland’s space sector. Mr Hamilton began his career with Rolls-Royce plc in the late Eighties, going on to work for JP Morgan and other Fortune 100 companies in

The Glasgow-headquartered pensions and SIPP provider @sipp firm has promoted a long-serving team member to finance manager, and elevated finance director Steve Lancaster to the newly created chief operating officer (COO) role. Mr Lancaster will oversee @sipp’s sales and operations departments

Joining from a Big Four firm, Azets has appointed George Roberts as corporate tax partner to its Glasgow office. Mr Roberts was last head of the local transactions tax team at EY. He has extensive experience of developing tax strategies on a wide variety of transactions both in the UK and inter

AAB has further expanded its virtual finance function (VFF) service with the appointment of Aberdeen-based Niall Pirie as VFF partner. Based in Aberdeen, Mr Pirie, who has led finance functions across a range of business sizes and types, brings 24 years of financial experience to the

abrdn Adviser has announced the appointment of Verona Kenny as the firm's first chief distribution officer. A senior leader in the platform industry over many years, Ms Kenny will join abrdn in Q4 having most recently worked as Managing Director, Intermediary at 7IM.

Aidan O'Carroll has been reappointed as chair of Revenue Scotland for a further three-year term. Mr O'Carroll, a former senior partner at EY, has chaired the Scottish tax authority since August 2021 and is credited with bringing insights into wider regulatory trends, organisational transformations a

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed Zoë Hodge as partner and head of the firm's UK consultancy team, based in Edinburgh. Bringing more than 20 years' experience, Ms Hodge will lead the 20-strong consulting team alongside partner Ewen Fleming, who leads the c

JP Morgan has appointed Gillian Murray to run its dedicated private banking advisory team in Scotland. Ms Murray joins the US banking giant from RBC Brewin Dolphin where she was an investment director, before which she was at North Capital Management.

Wbg, the independent accounting advisory, audit and tax firm, has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to drive forward its growth plans. As people & culture partner, Victoria Kirkhope’s role is to lead the people and culture agenda across Wbg to help underpin its ambitious

Independent financial advisory firm Interpath has announced that James Dewar and Joyce Thomson have successfully obtained their insolvency permits. The pair now join Interpath's head of Scotland Alistair McAlinden and managing director Geoff Jacobs as the firm's Scottish corporate insolvency practit