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Two of Scotland’s most established executive search firms, FWB and Park Brown International, have combined their resources to strengthen capabilities and position themselves for further growth by forming FWB Park Brown. The Edinburgh headquartered search company FWB, which was established by Willie Finlayson, Judy Wagner and Scott Black, has a 20-year track record of working […]

Energy service company Scopus Engineering has appointed Mark Fraser as its new chief financial officer as the business targets further growth in the next 12 months. Mr Fraser was previously based in Houston, USA, where he held the position of finance director within energy company Baker Hughes’ largest service product line. He also held lead […]

Steve McLaughlin was most recently chief commercial officer at the Telegraph Media Group and has also held senior positions at Trinity Mirror. Mr McLaughlin intends to help ICS, which has its registered office in Edinburgh and main premises in Glasgow, extend its digital content around the world. He said: “The education technology sector is extremely […]

Johnstons of Elgin will next month welcome on board Simon Cotton as its new chief executive. Mr Cotton, a Strathclyde University graduate, has worked recently as a divisional managing director at Swiss conglomerate Franke. Ian Urquhart, chairman of Johnstons of Elgin, said: “Johnstons are delighted to welcome Simon on board. His experience of leadership in […]

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He cycled coast to coast across France taking in 18 Cols along the way, including the mighty Col du Tourmalet, and doing so within 100 hours. Many many thanks to all who sponsored him and helped him to raise £9,199 + £2,057 in gift aid – a fantastic amount which has now been donated to […]

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 […]

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 […]