Two new appointments at Brooks Macdonald
Scottish wealth management firm Brooks Macdonald, who recently opened an office in Edinburgh, have made two new appointments.
The firm, which opened its Scottish office in September after recruiting a team from Adam & Company, the private banking division of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has hired Scott Lothian from Adam Investment Management and Richard Allison from Cornelian Asset Managers.
Lothian joins as a fund manager and will support the firm’s three Edinburgh investment directors, Gareth Howlett, Robin McAdam and Alastair Wilson.
Allison, formerly business development director at Cornelian, will lead Brooks Macdonald’s development in Scotland and Northern Ireland and has 30 years’ industry experience. He will work alongside David McGuffie, who was recently taken on as a consultant following his retirement from Adam & Co.
The recruitment drive takes the number of Brooks’ staff in Scotland to eight. The company has a further four offices in England.
Just recently, Aim-listed Brooks bought the Cheshire-based property fund and management firm Braemar Group in a deal belived to be worth about £4 million.
