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Article in full from Scottish Business Insider, July 25th 2019 By Judy Wagner, FWB Park Brown Non-executive directors in every sector must join the data revolution to keep up. The demands on non-executive directors – NXDs – have never been greater as they are held accountable for organisation performance. Business activity in many sectors is […]

Sir Mark Jones has been announced as the next Chair of the National Trust for Scotland taking over from Sir Moir Lockhead who will step down in August after 4 years in the post. Sir Mark is currently chair of the Pilgrim Trust, the Historic Scotland Foundation and the Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield Trust. He […]

This year we are honoured to sponsor the 2019 Dance Festival, this is 27 shows, 255 performances, over 21 days. The Dance Festival is based in Dance Base, The Home of Dance and as a charity they embody our commitment to partnership working, they invest in the long term, developing and nurturing talent and putting […]

FWB Park Brown Managing Director, Scott Black, has stepped down from his role as President of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce following a highly successful 4 year term. Current Chamber board member Jane Clark-Hutchison was formally elected as Scott’s successor at the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting earlier this month. Jane is currently Head of Client […]

Former leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland and current Shetland MSP, Tavish Scott, is set to join Scottish Rugby as Head of External Affairs. The newly created role will oversee Scottish Rugby’s corporate affairs and media operations and will proactively develop the organisation’s relationships with government, national stakeholders and the member clubs of the […]

FWB Park Brown and The University of Edinburgh Business School are delighted to launch the Non-Executive Director Programme – back for a third year amidst popular demand and extended this year to cover some of the faster growth areas in technology where there will be increasing opportunities for NXDs. This practical programme, led by experienced […]

FWB Park Brown would like to congratulate Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) Chief Executive, Mandy Haeburn-Little, on receiving a Parliamentary Motion of Commendation for her fantastic work there. Judy Wagner commented: “We were delighted to have assisted in Mandy’s appointment with the SBRC in 2011 and wish her continuing success.” For the full article please […]

Influential leaders from central Scotland gathered at the Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh headquarters, on Wednesday 5th June for a round table discussion on the important subject of sustainability. Sustainability is moving from the corporate side-lines into the mainstream. Faced with a future of uncertain energy costs, increasing regulation on carbon emissions, concerns about access to […]

On May 6th in Houston, FWB Park Brown hosted its annual Global Energy Leadership Dinner during OTC week. Mary McIntyre, Managing Director – Houston welcomed over 100 international leaders from across the energy value chain to the event and set the stage as she discussed the incredible pace of change we are experiencing in the […]