Appointments

British Land has appointed Bhavesh Mistry as its new chief financial officer. Mr Mistry is currently deputy chief financial officer at Tesco PLC, a position he has held for over two years. Prior to that he spent more than five years at Whitbread PLC, where he was Finance Director of Whitbread Hotels

William Duncan + Co Ltd has appointed Steven Wright as a new director in its business recovery division. A licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Mr Wright joined William Duncan in 2019. With over 15 years experience in dealing with formal insolvency appointments including CVA’s, administrations, r

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed its head of finance Alan Wood to the interim position of director of infrastructure services. Mr Wood takes up the role with immediate effect following the retirement of Stephen Archer in December.

Scottish accountancy practice Wylie & Bisset has promoted two long-standing members of its business recovery and insolvency department. The promotions see insolvency managers Paul McDougall, with almost 15 years’ service with the firm, move to associate director, and Chris Wardle, with ove

PwC in Scotland has made eight director promotions across its assurance, tax and advisory practices, with women accounting for almost two-thirds of the new roles. Of the eight directors named by the professional services firm, five are women. PwC employs more than 1,000 people across three offices i

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has strengthened its Aberdeen office with four key appointments in tax and financial reporting - bringing wider expertise to the team. Andrew Good has joined RSM as an associate director in the tax team; while Scott Allan joins as a corporate tax manager. In additi

Scottish accountancy practice Wylie & Bisset has promoted two of its directors to partnership level. The promotions of Laura Smith, head of the firm’s healthcare team, and Catherine Livingstone, head of its business advisory services team, take the number of partners at the practice to 11.

Nicola Anderson has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Fintech Scotland. Ms Anderson has been on secondment from the FCA for two years and most recently been the interim chief executive when Stephen Ingledew stepped into a new position of executive chair in November 2020.

Malcolm Cannon, the director of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland, has quit the role for a new post with Simpson & Marwick in Edinburgh, after less than 18 months in the job. Mr Cannon has been appointed as the new managing director of Simpson & Marwick's property services in Edinbur

Souter Investments, the private equity focussed family investment office of Sir Brian Souter and the Souter family, has appointed John Berthinussen and Calum Cusiter as co-managing directors. Having founded the family office with Sir Brian in 2006, and after 14 years as managing director, Andy Macfi

Scottish law firm Blackadders has strengthened its private client team with the appointment of tax planning specialist Lynn Melville as its new partner. Lynn Melville, who is an accomplished lawyer in the private client field, has joined the firm and will be based in the Dundee and Perth offices. Sh

KPMG has appointed Vishal Chopra as partner and its new head of tax in Scotland. Mr Chopra joins KPMG from Grant Thornton, where he held the equivalent role.

North sea oil firm Ithaca Energy has appointed David Crawford as its chief financial officer. Mr Crawford is taking over the role from his predecessor Mr Graham Forbes who will be leaving Ithaca, effective 1 February 2021.

Yorsipp, a specialist provider of bespoke SIPP, SSAS and 'At Retirement' pension solutions, has appointed Iain McCallum as its new technical and compliance manager. Mr McCallum is a pensions expert with over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, having served in various capac

Walker's Shortbread has announced the appointment of Norman Ross as its new finance director following the retirement of Dave Edwards. Norman Ross is currently finance director of Speymalt Whisky Distributors, better known as Gordon & MacPhail.