Appointments

Glasgow-based Xcel Financial Services Limited (XFS Limited), a provider of sales ledger management, credit control and debt recovery, has appointed Margo Kidd as a director. Ms Kidd joined XFS Limited in 2020 as chief operations officer and has 32 years of experience in the collections industry

Global financial services consulting firm Sionic has appointed Scott Lee as a partner in the firm’s  Wealth Management & Private Banking Practice Mr Lee joins Sionic from his former role as investment management director in the Wealth & Asset Management Practice at KPMG. Based in

Professional services firm Begbies Traynor has appointed personal insolvency specialist David Tannock as a manager based at its Glasgow office. With more than 18 years’ experience in the insolvency sector, Mr Tannock joins from an accountancy and business advisory services firm in Glasgow wher

Wealth manager Cazenove Capital has announced the appointment of James Burley as a portfolio director in Edinburgh as part of a new regional strategy. Mr Burley joins the business, part of the Schroders Group, with over 14 years’ experience of providing strategic planning and investment manage

Edinburgh-based Cumulus Oncology has appointed Nicola Broughton as a non-executive director as Europe’s first oncology drug discovery accelerator continues in scale-up mode and targets its next investment round. Ms Broughton, a former investment director at Mercia Asset Management, is the mana

Steve Dunlop, the former chief executive of Scottish Enterprise has joined Crosswind Developments as a non-executive director. Crosswind Developments is the firm behind plans to build 2,500 homes and create more than one million square feet of commercial space on an area around a decommissioned runw

Thorntons Investments has appointed Andrew McLean as a discretionary portfolio manager. The firm said that his appointment strengthens its client proposition during a time of growth for the business.

EY has strengthened its Scotland team by announcing 16 senior appointments, including four new equity partners, across all service lines. Blake Adlem (Financial Services Assurance, based in Edinburgh), Blair Hopkins (People Advisory Services, based in Glasgow) and Scott Kenyon (Consulting, based in

George Dale, a prominent member of the Scottish restructuring and insolvency community, has joined Opus Restructuring & Insolvency as a partner.  Opus established an initial presence in Scotland, with the appointment of Mark Harper as partner, earlier this year. Mr Dale will open an office

Independent accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has made seven director promotions across five of its service lines, to further strengthen its senior team. The firm, which is part of the PKF International network, has made 78 promotions to date in 2021.

Tesco Bank has announced the appointment of Gary Duggan to the roles of interim chief executive officer, Tesco underwriting, and interim chief insurance officer. Mr Duggan has spent his career in banking and insurance and is currently a senior adviser at Oxbow Partners, a European insurance consulta

Accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has appointed Lisa Travers as its new partner within its expanding Personal Tax team. Ms Travers joins from RSM’s Glasgow office where she worked within its private client practice. Prior that that she spent the first nine years of her career at KPMG before

Galbraith, the independent property consultancy, has appointed former Johnston Carmichael chairman Andrew Shepherd as its new chair. Mr Shepherd is to succeed current chair Iain Russell in September this year.

The appointments of James Fennessey as a new restructuring partner and restructuring partner Blair Milne to the senior leadership team for Scotland lead a raft of promotions across Azets’ business in Scotland. James Fennessey is a specialist in developing turnaround solutions for companies in

PwC has extended the number of equity partners in Scotland to 34 with two new admissions to the partnership bolstered by the relocation of two specialists in energy, and M&A tax advice. In addition, five new directors have been unveiled. Martin Cowie has relocated from Belfast to Aberdeen to hel