Appointments

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has expanded its Scottish team as Irina Cheburdanidze, associate director of financial reporting, moves to join the Edinburgh office. Ms Cheburdanidze joins from RSM Leeds where she has worked since 2014 and has more than 14 years’ experience supporting clien

Business consultancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown Consulting Limited (AAB Consulting) is bolstering its team to offer young business owners’ further expertise and support. The dedicated consulting arm of Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), is building on the support it provides to y

After almost three years as CEO of FinTech Scotland, Stephen Ingledew is to move to the role of executive chair. Mr Ingledew will take up his new role in November, he will remain very much involved with the strategic leadership of FinTech Scotland and the move to executive chair will enabl

Façade, window and door designer, manufacturer and installer, CMS Group, has appointed Andrew Charters as group finance director. Mr Charters joins Maven Capital Partners-backed CMS from the Scottish Football Association (SFA) where he has held the post of director of finance and IT for the l

EY has strengthened its leadership in Scotland with three internal partner promotions, as Julie Cavin and Nicola McIntyre, both in the audit service line and Iain Wintour in tax bring the partner total in Scotland to 33. Ms Cavin and Ms McIntyre's promotions have also brought the numb

MHA Henderson Loggie has announced the appointment of three new partners with Shona Campbell, David Archibald and David Taylor, previously directors with the firm, taking up their new partnership roles from today. Since joining MHA Henderson Loggie two years ago from KPMG, Shona Campbell&n

Hugh Carr has been appointed to Berwickshire Housing Association's (BHA) board of trustees. Mr Carr is a chartered accountant and after an early career in audit and financial management in the private sector and the NHS, he has worked in and around Scottish housing associations since 1995, as a fina

Sandy Begbie CBE has been appointed as the new chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise.  Mr Begbie will join SFE on October 1 and work alongside current chief executive Graeme Jones, who is retiring at the end of this year after five years in the role, during a three-month handove

Aberdeen-based global payroll and tax compliance specialist activpayroll has announced the appointment of Steve Callaghan as a non-executive director and chairman. Mr Callaghan has a considerable track record of growing and transforming businesses, specialising in software and services on an interna

Financial services veteran Jim Pettigrew has been appointed as chair of Scottish Ballet's board of directors. Mr Pettigrew, who announced his retirement from Virgin Money earlier this year after overseeing its acquisition by Clydesdale Bank, joined the board this month and will take over as chair in

Seven Investment Management (7IM) has appointed Adrian Grace as chair of its board, replacing Ian Owen who steps down from the role after nearly five years. Mr Grace's career in financial services and technology companies spans nearly 40 years and he has vast industry experience, particularly in Sco

Consultancy and brokerage firm Watts Commercial Finance has expanded its presence in Scotland with the opening of a new national office. Commercial managers Emma Ross and Dean Thomson, two stalwarts of the banking industry, have been appointed to head up the new office.

Scottish accountancy firm Goldwells has announced the acquisition of two Moray firms, Moray Tax Specialists and Chris Banks Bookkeeping. The double acquisition means that Aberdeenshire-based Goldwells now has eight offices across north and north-east Scotland and a presence in Elgin for the first ti

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has announced that Mark Redman will succeed Peter McKellar as global head of private markets. After nearly 20 years with the business, Mr McKellar will retire from ASI at the end of Septmeber.

The UK Government has today appointed Pauline Wallace as the inaugural chair of the UK Accounting Standards Endorsement Board (UKEB). Ms Wallace has over 30 years’ experience in the development of accounting standards, both as a practitioner and as a standard setter.