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FWB are delighted to congratulate Cochran on the appointments of Shane Crosby as their new Group Commercial Director and Graeme Cunningham as their new Group Operations Director. Cochran are a long-standing Scottish enterprise, operating since 1878 at the leading edge of highly efficient, industrial energy delivery. The company is a globally respected name behind unbeatable […]

Michael Dickson, Director at FWB, spoke on BBC Radio Scotland about the rise of informal assessment in senior hiring. While the “taxi test” has made headlines, he noted that UK organisations have long used real‑world interactions to understand authentic leadership behaviour - something increasingly vital as interviews become more rehearsed.

FWB Executive Search has expanded its CFO & Senior Finance Leadership Practice with two senior appointments, reflecting sustained growth in the senior finance market across Scotland and the UK. Daryl Harper and Walker Wares have joined the practice, strengthening FWB’s capability across CFO and CFO-1 mandates and further reinforcing finance leadership as a core area of the firm’s proposition. This expansion also consolidates the CFO & Senior Finance Leadership Practice as FWB’s largest functional practice, accounting for around 25% of the business’ activity.

For over three decades, FWB’s CFO & Senior Finance Leadership Practice has sat at the core of the firm’s proposition – in fact FWB’s very first placement — with SVM Asset Management — established a foundation that has evolved into the firm’s largest and most established functional practice, now accounting for around 25% of business activity, with FWB recently appointing 2 new senior consultants.

We are pleased to share our latest appointments as 2026 gets fully underway. The past year has been marked by rapid political and economic shifts across the UK and Scotland, from evolving market dynamics to the continued drive for innovation and digital transformation. Against this backdrop, executive leadership has never been more critical and we […]

We are proud to announce the return of the Scottish Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Awards 2026. Now in its third year, the programme shines a spotlight on the exceptional talent of chief financial officers and their teams across Scotland. Sponsored by Grant Thornton UK LLP, Addleshaw Goddard, Barclays, and FWB Executive Search Ltd, alongside charity […]

FWB, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 Executive Leadership Programme (ELP). Now entering its sixth year, the programme builds on the success of FWB’s Executive Women in Leadership and Non‑Executive Development Programmes, which collectively have supported more than 600 professionals […]

As Scotland moves toward its 2045 net-zero target, the nation faces a pivotal juncture. The Just Transition plan sets out a bold vision for a climate-friendly, affordable and resilient energy system – but the path to get there is increasingly complex. With the 2026 Scottish Parliamentary election on the horizon, debates around energy security, the […]

When Jen Mair joined the Executive Women Leadership programme (EWLP) in 2017, she was already a seasoned legal professional, having spent over a decade in senior roles as Head of Legal and General Counsel. But she was ready for more. “I was eager to expand beyond the legal remit,” she recalls. “I felt I had […]