Appointments

Martin Gilbert of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has been appointed as the new chair of the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). Mr Gilbert will succeed Archie Kennedy who has been vice chair and chair of the OGTC since it was established in February 2017.

Investment management firm Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has appointed Michael Barr as an investment director in its Edinburgh office, to further support the expansion of its investment management service for high net worth clients in Scotland. Mr Barr joins CBAM from Brooks

Baxters Food Group has appointed Maik Blumentritt as head of finance for its European Business. Mr Blumentritt began his career at the French power plant manufacturer Alstom (subsequently bought over by General Electric) and the German Consulate-General in Australia before undertaking a va

Aberdein Considine has appointed Tahir Bashir as the new operations manager of its banking litigation team. Mr Bashir has joined the firm's Lender Services Practice Group from the Ascent Performance Group, bringing 20 years of frontline experience in property and volume debt recovery with him.

Edinburgh-based private bank and wealth management company Adam & Company has appointed Andy Hall as financial planning director. Mr Hall joins from Barclays Wealth Management, where he was director of wealth planning for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Perth-based insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh Commercial has appointed Chris Brophy as its new development leader for the firm's Edinburgh and Glasgow operators. Mr Brophy who will become the new developer leader for the firm's central regions joins from Barclay's business banking division whe

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Chris McLauchlan as a legal director to lead the firm's banking team in Scotland. Joining from Eversheds Sutherland, Mr McLauchlan is a senior banking lawyer with over 15 years of experience advising on Scottish, English and cross-border transaction

Anderson Anderson & Brown Wealth Ltd (AAB) has announced the appointment of chartered financial planners Andrew Dines, Ian Campbelland Vikki Venerus as directors and shareholders. Already established as key members of the senior leadership team at AAB Wealth, these appointments reflect the

Edinburgh-based Money Dashboard has appointed former Paypal CEO Renier Lemmens as its new chairman. Mr Lemmens is a venture partner focusing on fintech with DN Capital, one of Europe's most established venture capital funds for early-stage start-ups.

United Capital, the Dundee-based building sector investment firm, has announced the appointment of leading employment lawyer Ryan Russell as in-house legal counsel and non-executive director. After the company’s most recent acquisition, the group, which includes former Scotland top 500 bu

Edinburgh-based fixed income specialist Cameron Hume has appointed Alla Bashenko to its board as an independent non-executive director. Ms Bashenko has enjoyed a global career in financial services, predominantly with Goldman Sachs and Nomura International. Her expertise spans a wide range of asset

Former Metro Bank chief Darren Schindler has been appointed chief operating officer of Karma, the fintech seeking to disrupt the payday loan market. Mr Schindler, joins the fintech after a series of successful Scottish trials of the app which empowers employees to access interest-free monthly advanc

Glasgow-based McCrea Financial Services has appointed Grant Sneddon to its advisory team with him taking up the new role of independent financial adviser.  Mr Sneddon joins McCreas from Policy Services / Virtue Money where he served as a financial adviser. Prior to that, he held senior position

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has appointed Laura Smith to the newly-created position of Xero lead to promote the benefits of digital book-keeping to SMEs. Ms Smith, director and head of healthcare at the firm, notes that recent weeks have seen many SMEs adopt digital book-keeping systems

After almost four decades at the firm, Baillie Gifford’s joint senior partner Charles Plowden will retire on 30 April 2021. Following his retirement, Malcolm MacColl will become joint senior partner.