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RemCom with Guest Speaker Crawford Gillies on Thursday 9th November 2017 Led by Crawford Gillies, Chair, RemCom Barclays plc and Chair, Edrington, this session will cover all aspects of Chairing, and being a member of, RemCom. Crawford has a wealth of experience of Remuneration Committees across many sectors and will be discussing what makes a […]

Origo have announced that Aviva’s Anthony Rafferty will succeed Paul Pettitt as Managing Director from 1st March 2018. Origo is a very established Fintech company dedicated to improving the financial services industries operating efficiencies, lowering costs for market participants and improving outcomes for customers. Commenting on the appointment Willie Finlayson said “we are delighted to […]

Explaining the background to the decision Scott Black said “Every good business plans for the future and broadening the ownership of FWB Park Brown has been part of our own planning for some time.  Whilst we’ve had various approaches to sell the company, for one reason or another none of them felt right.   Alongside this […]

Entrepreneur Ana Stewart is to join the board of Scottish Football Association as a Non-Executive Director replacing Barrie Jackson who steps down in December. Willie Finlayson commented ‘we were delighted to advise the SFA on this key (and historic) appointment and wish Ana and the Board every future success’. To read the full article please click […]

  Diageo and FWB Park Brown held a CSR Leadership Dinner on 21st September to bring together 90 of Scotland’s senior business leaders to debate issues in CSR including: What responsibilities do businesses have in the communities in which they operate? The relationship between business success and the reputation , relationship and investment in local […]

…launches 5th October 2017 with ‘Managing Boardroom Dynamics’ Led by George Elliott (Chair, Craneware plc and Indigovision plc) and Isobel Sharp (NXD, IMI plc and UK Green Investment Bank plc), this session will cover all aspects of board dynamics. How do you manage a Board? How do you manage conflict round a Board? How can […]

An inspirational approach to education Newlands Junior College, established by Jim McColl of Clyde Blowers, was recently featured in an article by Scottish Business Insider. The college was established to help young people who are disengaged from education to prepare for guaranteed apprenticeships and college places through a vocationally focused educational experience. Scott, who is […]

Royal Bank of Scotland and FWB Park Brown jointly hosted a dinner in August which took place in the boardroom of Royal Bank of Scotland’s flagship branch at 36 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh. Twelve Chief Executives from some of Scotland’s leading business were in attendance. The bank’s Chief Executive Ross McEwan spoke candidly about […]

Crawford Gillies, Chairman of Edrington and of Barclay’s Remuneration Committee, and Gary Hughes, Chairman of Booker’s Audit Committee discuss the practical issues of being a Non-Executive Director. Both are leading sessions on the NXD Development Programme developed by FWB Park Brown and The University of Edinburgh Business School. Gillies says the key to the new programme […]