Appointments, etc, w/e October 6

WELCOME to a fairly recently-launched editorial thread on placedesignscotland.com: noting appointments, retirements, etc in the Scottish placemaking sector.

And we are grateful to reporting in Scottish Housing News, Scottish Construction Now and Project Scotland, plus others, for news of the following:

Andrew, Ross – Appointed commercial director at Fife-based Advanced Traditional Screeding. Reported here;

Brown, Prof. John – Appointed chair at community infrastructure organisation, hub East Central Scotland. Reported here;

Hall, Neil (pictured) – Retired as director of corporate services and company secretary at housing association, Link Group. Reported here;

Heath, Amelia – Appointed a co-director of the Forth Rivers Trust, along with Jonathan Louis. Reported here;

McIntosh, David – Appointed to the board, as an ‘equity director’, at Glasgow and Inverness-based CRGP Architects. One of three appointments at the practice, the others being Connor McGinley (associate (project director)) and Gareth Merser (associate (technical director)). Reported here;

McVeigh, Brian – Appointed group key accounts manager at St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies. Reported here;

Megahy, Gordon – Appointed to the board of engineering consultancy, Clancy Consulting. One of three board appointments, the others being Daniel Singh and Steve Dewberry. Reported here;

Murray, Jill – Elected president of the Chartered Institute of Housing, with Elly Hoult named vice-president. Reported here;

Paterson, John – Elected chair of Renfrewshire-based housing association, Bridgewater. Joined on the board by newcomers, Ken Caldwell, Jim O’Neill, Gavin Dayer and Liz Bowden. Reported here;

Tosh, Iain – Appointed commercial director at construction firm, Morrison Construction. Reported here;

Turner, Linda – Appointed ‘head of utilities and infrastructure (Scotland)’ at the first Scottish office of chartered surveyors, Bruton Knowles. Caroline Campbell joins her, as senior associate. Reported here;

Welsh, David – Appointed chair at Leith-based housing association, Harbour Homes. Reported here; and

Wright, Richard – Appointed associate trainer / assessor at Borders Technical Training Association. Reported here.

Feel free to get in touch – via our Contact Us link – with your appointments, retirement, etc news.

Picture credit: Link Group

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