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Last year FWB was pleased to manage the assignment to appoint a new Chief Executive and a Chief Operating Officer for Edinburgh Zoo. This year is the Centenary year for the Society and a major programme of events is planned to celebrate the 100 year history and to mark the moment they lead into the next […]

Last year, FWB helped the management team to recruit an Operations Director to support the growth and expansion of the business. The companies gave no details of the transaction, but a person familiar with the deal said John Swire & Sons (Green Investments) had paid about £80m for Argent. The Scottish group was profitable, debt […]

  Green Highland Renewables which specializes in the development of small scale Hydro electric schemes has appointed Hazel McIntyre as FD.  She joins from Giles Insurance where she was M&A Director. Kerry Sharp is the new Director of The Scottish Investment Bank.  SIB supports the development of Scotland’s SME funding market to ensure that both […]

We were keen to have two key figures from each sector, so we are thrilled that Norman Murray and Iain Mackay have agreed to speak jointly on these important areas of business for Scotland globally at a crucial time for our economy. Norman Murray’s earlier career was in the venture capital industry. He co-founded Morgan […]

Graeme joins Atlas directly from First Group PLC where he was Finance Director for the £1.1 billion UK Bus Division. His appointment follows a very successful start to the year for Atlas, with significant new contract wins over the last 6 months in the UK, Middle East and Asia, a new office opening in Houston […]

We are delighted that in the renewal ballot the organisation was voted back in for a further 5 years with an increased majority of 78%, up from 58%.  It is a tremendous result and reflects well, not only on Andy but also his team and board members

Green Highland has raised a significant amount of finance and investment to develop its pipeline of hydro projects.  Hazel is an experienced finance professional, having worked for many years within the banking sector in a number of roles, and most recently in insurance as Mergers & Acquisitions Director for Giles Insurance Brokers Limited, one of […]

This dinner has been arranged primarily to hear from Professor Claude Wischik, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of TauRx Therapeutics. TauRx is possibly one of Scotland’s best kept secrets in terms of recent drug development activity. They are incorporated in Singapore with primary research and operations functions in Aberdeen. The company is focused on the development […]

Helen Page has joined Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks as Chief Marketing Officer.  Helen was formerly Managing Director for Marketing and Innovation, UK Retail, at RBS, and in a key appointment for the Bank, has been appointed to lead marketing, brand and complaint-handling activity and develop a reputation for ‘distinctive customer service’ across the brands. The […]