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FWB Park Brown would like to express our condolences following the death of Joe Walker, former Managing Director of Walkers Shortbread, on Thursday 7th October 2021, aged 83. Joe joined the family business in 1955, when they employed around 20 people, and spent the next 66 years helping to transform Walkers Shortbread into an iconic […]

FWB Park Brown welcomed Graeme Sword to speak at the fifth in their COP26 Leadership Series, which took place on Thursday 23rd September. Graeme co-founded Bluewater in 2011 and has over 20 years of private equity experience. Graeme has expertise in the worldwide oil and gas reserves and oilfield services sectors of the industry. Before […]

Stuart Cochrane has decided that it’s an appropriate time for him to develop his career out with executive search and will therefore be leaving FWB Park Brown after a period of handover. Stuart acquired the executive search firm Park Brown International in 2008, which after 5 years merged with FWB to form FWB Park Brown. […]

Learning from, and being shaped by your experiences On Thursday 23rd September, FWB Park Brown hosted Major Chris Hunter for the third session of their Remarkable Lives leadership series. Chris is one of the most experienced counter-terrorist bomb disposal specialists in the British Army and was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal by HM Queen Elizabeth […]

On Thursday 9th September, FWB Park Brown and EY hosted a joint event to discuss the ‘Future of the Workplace’.  David Borthwick and David Storrie presented the findings from EY’s ‘Work Reimagined’ paper which was conducted in March 2021 and received 16,264 responses across 16 countries and a wide spread of industries. Following this, FWB […]

The Snappy Group, the company behind the exciting high growth retail platform Snappy Shopper, has appointed Caroline MacGregor as Chief People Officer. Caroline brings considerable FMCG and retail experience to the role joining from Philip Morris International and having previously held senior HR roles with businesses including The Co-op, Heineken and Aegon. Caroline will lead […]

On Wednesday 11th August, FWB Park Brown welcomed Professor Paul de Leeuw to the fourth in the COP26 Leadership Series, this time focussing on the UK Offshore Energy Workforce Transferability Review, as published in May 2021 by Robert Gordon University. With over 33 years’ experience in the global energy sector, Paul is the Director of […]

In Episode 7 of our Over a Barrel podcast, in partnership with Apollo, Stuart and Jonathan welcome Mike Tholen, Sustainability Director at OGUK, and one of the architects of the North Sea Transition Deal. Beyond the fuss and hyperbole, we discuss what the North Sea Transition Deal actually is and what it means for the […]

We are delighted to announce the following appointments and to welcome each to our team. Joining as Directors in our recruitment team are: Lindsay Cramond Originally from Edinburgh, Lindsay worked in wealth management and joins us from the recruitment company Robert Walters where she was a Senior Manager based in Sydney. She brings considerable recruitment […]