Appointments

CBI Scotland has announced the appointment of Jennifer Young as Scotland chair, unveiling an all-woman senior leadership team — a first for the organisation. Currently CBI Scotland's vice chair, Ms Young is managing partner at Scottish full-service legal firm Ledingham Chalmers. She will

Savills has recently expanded its Savills Earth team with the appointment of Chris Phillips, who joins as an associate in energy based in the Perth office. He has over 11 years of experience in pre-planning utilities statements and engagement with utility networks to deliver electricity, gas, water

David Caskie and Stuart Chalmers have been appointed joint managing directors to lead Accenture in Scotland and drive forward the firm's plans to grow its presence in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Mr Caskie and Mr Chalmers will be taking over from Michelle Hawkins, who is moving to a new global role w

The Energy Training Academy has appointed Alan Earsman to its board as finance director. A former senior finance figure with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Mr Earsman joins the senior management team running Scotland’s first community-focused energy training centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

EQ Accountants LLP have appointed Ben Connolly as tax manager in their Glenrothes office. Mr Connolly joined EQ last Monday, having previously worked as a client tax manager. He is ACCA qualified with over 10 years’ experience in the profession and is a qualified Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA), b

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its Tech Advisory Board (TAB) by adding leading Scots gaming figure Colin Macdonald to its ranks. Mr Macdonald, a former producer on the multi-billion dollar generating Grand Theft Auto franchise and a previous Channel 4 Games Commissioner, has joined the busines

Property factoring specialist Newton Property Management has appointed Karen Trickett as CEO. Ms Trickett will work alongside Newton’s existing leadership team and founding chairman Stephen O’Neill as the property firm sets its sights on continuing growth in the sector.    

Commercial real estate consultant Ryden has announced the promotion of Gillian Giles to Partner. Ms Giles joined the Office Agency team over three years ago and is currently leading the occupier services offering in Glasgow.

Young Enterprise (YE) Scotland has appointed two young entrepreneurs as its newest ambassadors in its drive to promote enterprise and financial education in Scotland’s schools. Karis Gill, co-founder of Social Stories Club, and Craig Johnstone, the founder of Giglets (a company first conceived

Glasgow-based Consilium Chartered Accountants has made five senior promotions to further enhance the company’s growth prospects. Susan Webb – one of the original members of the Consilium team – has been promoted to finance and operations director. She will lead all financial and op

Henderson Loggie has expanded its forensic accounting team with the appointment of Rowena Eves as qualified assistant. The independent accountancy firm is one of a handful in Scotland with a full-time forensic team, dealing with many forensic disputes and investigations.

Experienced cybersecurity and international B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) CFO, Mark Wheelhouse, has joined Cyacomb’s senior leadership team. Based in Edinburgh, Cyacomb is an online safety company that specialises in harnessing the power of data and technology to help law enforcement, socia

Scottish mid-tier accountancy & business advisory firm French Duncan has appointed Colin Brown as tax director. Mr Brown joins a 22 strong tax team at French Duncan, and will advise clients in the UK and overseas on a range of private tax matters. He brings over 25 years’ experience and hi

Malcolm Bell, Nichola Brown, Jennifer Henderson and Ruth MacLeod have been appointed as members of the Accounts Commission. The new members were confirmed by Ben Macpherson MSP, minister for social security and local government.

Andrew Blain has been re-elected as managing partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn from 1 May 2023. Mr Blain was first elected managing partner in 2019 after joining Shepherd and Wedderburn in 1989 and becoming a partner in 1996. He led the firm's corporate practice from 2009 until 2019.