Appointments

London-based Waverton Investment Management has appointed Derek McLay as business development manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Mr McLay will report to head of intermediary sales, Mark Barrington and he will focus on promoting Waverton’s dedicated adviser offering – including it

Brewin Dolphin has expanded its Glasgow team with 14 appointments and promotions across its financial planning and investment divisions this year. Craig Thomas joins the wealth manager’s financial planning team as a paraplanner, after holding positions at IBC Wealth and Scottish Widows.

Moray-based whisky specialist Gordon and MacPhail has appointed Ben Cookman as its new finance director.

Azets, the accountancy firm specialising in the SME sector, has appointed family business expert Norma Stewart as an accounts and business advisory services partner based in the firm’s Glasgow office. Norma Stewart has over 30 years’ experience advising family businesses and their owners

Chiene + Tait (C+T) has appointed social housing specialist accountant Stuart Beattie as its new head of RSL (Registered Social Landlords). Mr Beattie joined Chiene + Tait in 2005 as a trainee and from that time has developed his expertise within the social housing sector, working with a broad range

Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has announced key board member and advisory appointments, as it looks to expand its relationships with next-stage funders and enhance exit capability. Tracey Ginn, US and UK corporate partner at MBM Commercial; Rachel Jones, entrepreneur an

Edinburgh-based Capital Credit Union has appointed Samantha Homer as its new director of finance & compliance. Ms Homer joins the organisation having returned from an eight-year spell in Bermuda, where she held senior roles with AIG. Ms Homer previously qualified as chartered accountant with Edi

Commercial law firm Davidson Chalmers Stewart has announced the appointment of three new partners at its offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Nicola Scott, a commercial property and renewable projects specialist, joins from Brodies. She previously served as in-house counsel at SSE advising on property

UK and Ireland investor BGF has expanded its central Scotland team with the appointment of investors John Devine and Chris Nixon. The pair will join a team of five experienced investors working across both BGF’s Edinburgh and Belfast offices as the firm continues to look for opportunities to i

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has announced the promotion of Paul Russell to director in Glasgow as part of its largest ever cohort of new directors. Mr Russell has has over 23 years’ experience specialising in all aspects of VAT and indirect tax, both in practice and within HMRC. He advi

Aberdeenshire Council has announced the appointment of Jamie Dale as its chief internal auditor with effect from 6 January 2022. Mr Dale is currently the head of geographic and cross-government assurance for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Edinburgh-based fintech startup Aveni has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Gooch MBE as its chief revenue officer. Hot on the heels of its recent funding round, the speech analytics company also announced a raft of key design and engineering appointments from some of the world’s leading

Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has appointed Angus Macpherson to its board as a non-executive director. Mr Macpherson, who is the CEO of investment bank Noble & Co, also based in Edinburgh, is also chairman of Henderson Diversified Income PLC, chairman of Pacific Horizon I

KPMG UK has appointed 12 new directors across its Scottish offices amid a promotions round that sees 98 employees in new roles. Catriona Donald, Gordon Gray, Scott McCrorie, Paul Mulcare and Susan Thom have been appointed directors within KPMG’s tax and legal function.

Scottish insurance broker Blackford has announced it has doubled its team since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last March. The start-up business risk specialist was set up just a year before the pandemic struck and now counts global tech firms, eminent fund managers, and renewables heavyweights