Creative Oceanic powered by Oceanic Events are delighted to announce the finalists for the first ever Scottish Professional Awards 2024.
These awards shine a spotlight on the Professional and Business Services (PBS) sector which covers a range of diverse knowledge-intensive industries which provide specialised support to businesses.
Covered sectors include legal services, audit, accountancy, advertising and market research, management consultancy, architectural and engineering activities and employment activities.
This inaugural event will not only honour and celebrate people of Asian heritage who have made some incredible contributions to the Professional sector in the UK but also celebrate this great industry and what is does for the British economy.
The winners will be announced at an elegant ceremony to be held in Glasgow at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Friday the 12th of April.
A spokesperson from the 1st Scottish Professional Awards 2024 said: “We’re excited to host this first time ever event. We wanted to celebrate the contributions of the individual professionals and businesses that are doing their part to further their industry while positively impacting the UK economy.
We want to congratulate all of our finalists and wish them the best of luck.”
The finalists for the 1st Scottish Professional Awards 2024 are:
Legal Counsel of the Year
Network Rail (Rachel Shaw, Glasgow)
National World plc (Andrew Shaw, Glasgow)
Johnston Carmichael (Keith Hamilton, Edinburgh)
Aberdeen Football Club (Laura McCallum, Aberdeen)
Shell (Andrew Brocklebank, Aberdeen)
The British & Irish Lions (Gillian Treasurer, Edinburgh)
Elsick Development Company (Sarah Stewart, Aberdeen)
Trip.com (Jamila Archibald, Edinburgh)
Lloyds Banking Group (Sebastian McMichael, Edinburgh)
Solicitor of the Year
Aimée Elder (UnionLine Scotland (Glasgow)
Nicola Blyth (National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh)
Craig Penman (Levy & McRae Solicitors, Glasgow)
Trudy Gill (Shelter Scotland Housing, Dundee)
Richard Andrew (Dallas McMillan Solicitors, Glasgow)
Suzanne Rosenshine (University of Glasgow, Glasgow)
Lauren Mizen (Drummond Miller, Edinburgh)
Chris Clark (Shepherd and Wedderburn, Edinburgh)
Andrew MacDonald (City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh)
Matthias Goldbeck (Brodies LLP, Edinburgh)
Female Solicitor of the Year
Mhairi Morrison (DAC Beachcroft Scotland, Glasgow)
Puneet Kaur Puri (Inheritance Legal Solicitors, Glasgow)
Rhona Murray (Buchanan Burton Solicitors, Glasgow)
Averil Trimble (Morton Fraser MacRoberts, Glasgow)
Caitlin MacMillan (SSE, Edinburgh)
Louise Duffy (Canford Law, Glasgow)
Banijay (Leanne Kyle, Glasgow)
Jennifer Campbell (Church of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Hamaira Asla (Burness Paull LLP, Edinburgh)
Associate Solicitor of the Year
Iona McEwan (Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Glasgow)
Lisa Marshall-Kilcoyne (John Kilcoyne & Co, Glasgow)
Graeme Myles (Ledingham Chalmers, Inverness)
Emma Read (Shepherd and Wedderburn, Edinburgh)
Nicole McQuilken (DWF, Glasgow)
Kirstin Beattie (Burness Paul, Glasgow)
Viktoria Lightbody (Dentons, Glasgow)
Neil Matheson (TC Young LLP, Glasgow)
Stuart Orr (Anderson Strathern, Edinburgh)
Trainee Solicitor of the Year
Jennifer Noble (Livingstone Brown, Glasgow)
Nathan J. Corr (Addleshaw Goddard, Edinburgh)
Joseph Shields (Shakespeare Martineau, Aberdeen)
Karleen Blair (Public Defence Solicitors Office, Glasgow)
Clare Kerr (JC Hughes, Glasgow)
Kyra Steel (Beltrami & Company, Glasgow)
Alison Sinclair (Weaver & Waddell Solicitors, Glasgow)
Alexandra McDowall (Turcan Connell, Glasgow)
Iona MacRitchie (BBC Scotland, Glasgow)
Legal Partner of the Year
David Hennessy (Keoghs Scotland LLP, Glasgow)
Matthew McGovern (McGovern Reid Court Lawyers, Hamilton)
Stephen J. McGowan (TLT LLP, Glasgow)
Alison Gilson (Shoosmiths, Edinburgh)
Derek McLean (Thompsons Scotland, Glasgow)
Hazel Moffat (DLA Piper, Edinburgh)
Martin Walker (Balfour+Manson, Edinburgh)
Laura Browne (Aberdein Considine, Glasgow)
David Morton (Spencer West, Glasgow)
Lauren Rae (DWF, Springfield)
Civil Service Solicitor of the Year
Caitlin O’Dowd (Registers of Scotland, Motherwell)
Vajiha Ali (Police Scotland, Edinburgh)
Caitlin Hislop (Revenue Scotland, Glasgow)
Sarah Booth (Legal Service for Scotland, Glasgow)
Lauren Queen (Environmental Standards Scotland, Edinburgh)
Julia Normand (NHS National Services Scotland, Edinburgh)
Andrew Wright (Glasgow City Council, Glasgow)
Erin Leyden (Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow)
Shabnam Faqir (Edinburgh City Council, Edinburgh)
Jackie Buchanan (Angus Council, Aberdeen)
Boutique Legal Firm of the Year
Ergo Law (Edinburgh)
Curle Stewart (Glasgow)
Complete Clarity Solicitors (Glasgow)
MM Legal (Glasgow)
Argue & Co Legal (Glasgow)
BBM Solicitors (Edinburgh)
Ennova Law (Edinburgh)
Olivia McLaren (Edinburgh)
Cloch Solicitors (Glasgow)
Albany Fraser (Glasgow)
SME Legal Firm of the Year
Dickson Minto (Edinburgh)
Scullion Law (Glasgow)
Stirling Gilmour Law (Stirling)
Miller Samuel Hill Brown Solicitors (Glasgow)
Jones Whyte (Glasgow)
Claphams Solicitors (Glasgow)
Nero Legal (Glasgow)
Kerr Brown Solicitors (Glasgow)
Drummond Miller (Edinburgh)
Jackson Boyd (Glasgow)
Accountant of the Year
Count Scotland (John Mauchline (Count Scotland, Crieff)
Forestry and Land Scotland (Nicky Greig (Forestry and Land Scotland, Inverness)
Claire Gibson (National Galleries of Scotland, Glasgow)
Lois Gray (Leiths (Scotland) Ltd, Aberdeen)
Jude Niba (Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen)
Cheryl Black (Dandara, Dunblane)
Stuart Roberts (James Jones and Sons, Stirling)
Jamie Black (Springfield Properties PLC, Springfield)
Lorraine McGovern (Glasgow Kelvin College, Glasgow)
Peter Howard (AGS Airports Ltd, Glasgow)
Female Accountant of the Year
Heather Hamilton (Pacitti Hamilton, Paisley)
Andrea Tomečková (The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)
Becky Cross (John Clark Motor Group, Edinburgh)
Hannah Campbell (Tax Assist, Edinburgh)
Pamela Coutts (Blair Drummond Safari Park, Falkirk)
Doreen Pringle (East Lothian Council, Haddington)
Pamela Cockburn (Ooni Pizza Ovens, Edinburgh)
Aakanksha Jain (ERG Spa, Edinburgh)
Maureen McGeough (TV, Paisley)
Accounting Partner of the Year
Kevin Cattanach (Whitelaw Wells, Edinburgh)
Coll Murchison-MacDonald (Saffery, Inverness)
Tom Sanders (EY, Aberdeen)
Rory McPherson (BDO, Edinburgh)
Melanie Clark (Dow Schofield Watts Scotland, Aberdeen)
Suzanne Brownie (Johnston Carmichael, Edinburgh)
Louise Sim (Murray Taylor, Arbroath)
Alex Tait (RSM, Edinburgh)
Catherine McManus (Wylie & Bisset, Glasgow)
Kate Brown (Milne Craig, Paisley)
Boutique Accounting Firm of the Year
JGBA Accountants (Glasgow)
Leitch Accountancy Services (Inverness)
Donoghue & Co. (Falkirk)
BM Accountancy Services (Glasgow)
Sutherland Black (Glasgow)
Granite Accountants (Aberdeen)
Consilium Accountancy Group (Glasgow)
Infinity Partnership (Aberdeen)
Traynor Accounting (Glasgow)
A&A Accountants (Glasgow)
SME Accounting Firm of the Year
Condies (Fife)
Whitelaw Wells (Glasgow)
Thomson Cooper Accountants (Dunfermline)
Cornerstone Accountants (Glasgow)
Wylie & Bisset (Glasgow)
JRW (Edinburgh)
Callan Financial Group (Glasgow)
Nicolson Accountancy (Glasgow)
William Duncan (Ayr)
Auditor of the Year
Francis Scott (Glasgow City Council & Audit Glasgow, Glasgow)
Craig Hunter (Haines Watts Scotland, Edinburgh)
Paul Copland (EY, Edinburgh)
Peter Burns (Skills Development Scotland, Livingston)
Catherine Burnet (KPMG UK, Edinburgh)
Helen Hawthorn (The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)
Diana Penny (Henderson Loggie, Edinburgh)
Andrew Diffin (Dundee City Council, Dundee)
Angus McCuaig (AAB Glasgow, Glasgow)
Will Hart (Glasgow City Council, Glasgow)
Financial Controller/Director of the Year
Mark Dallas (Howden Scotland, Edinburgh)
Michael Sloan (Whyte & Mackay, Glasgow)
Leslie Ross (Carlton Clubs, Inverness)
Paul Urquhart (CCG (Scotland) Ltd, Paisley)
Craig Strachan (Scotmid Co-op, Glasgow)
Kaylea Adam-Owen (Serco, Aberdeen)
Stuart Roberts (James Jones and Sons, Stirling)
Stephen Smith (John G Russell Transport, Stirling)
Leah McGarry (Sky, Glasgow)
Jon Akehurst (Hotel Chocolat, Stirling)
Banking Professional of the Year (HQ)
Judith Cruickshank (Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Steven Jolly (HSBC UK, Edinburgh)
Sandra Dailidyte (Brown Shipley, Edinburgh)
Mark Young (Virgin Money, Glasgow)
Stuart Fleming (Nationwide Building Society, Glasgow)
Graeme Muirhead (Barclays, Edinburgh)
Craig O’Donnell (NatWest Group, Bishopbriggs)
Jayne Mccubbin (Lloyd’s Banking Group, Glasgow)
Angela Smillie (Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Stuart Gray (TSB Bank, Aberdeen)
Finance Professional of the Year
Ros Philip (NHS Highland, Inverness)
Anna MacArthur (Barchester Healthcare, Inverness)
Felixisreal Fombang Tabenda (Baker Hughes, Aberdeen)
Sandra Patterson (Anderson Strathern Asset Management, Falkirk)
Helen Boath (Community Justice Scotland, Polmont)
Zoe Lee (Stellar Omada, Falkirk)
Hannah Smith (Morris & Spottiswood, Glasgow)
Sarah Chambers (Lothian Buses, Edinburgh)
Eve Wallace (Morgan Stanley, Glasgow)
Gillian Hennon (Glasgow City Health, Glasgow)
Financial Planner of the Year
Emma Reid (Phil Anderson Financial Services, Aberdeen)
Nicola Crosbie (Moran Wealth Management, Lochwinnoch)
Lesley Mackintosh (Mazars Financial Planning, Edinburgh)
Jonathan Robinson (Tru Wealth, Glasgow)
Steve Brough (SRB Wealth Management, Edinburgh)
Drew Nutsford (Waverton Wealth, Edinburgh)
Beverley Riddell (Global Advice Group Ltd, Eildon)
Tracey Williamson (Rathbones Group Plc, Edinburgh)
David Gow (Acumen Financial Planning, Edinburgh)
Taka Mbedzi (St. James’s Place Wealth Management, Edinburgh)
Insurance Broker of the Year
Laurie Ross Insurance (Glasgow)
Greenwood Moreland (Glasgow)
Blackford (Glasgow)
Kelvin Smith (Glasgow)
MacKay (Glasgow)
Lycetts (Edinburgh)
Blackford (Aberdeen)
Hubb (Glasgow)
Roxburgh Group (Glasgow)
Insure direct (Kirkaldy)
Insurance Professional of the Year
Mark McBrearty (NFU Mutual, Glasgow)
Stephen Roberts (Marsh, Glasgow)
Jonathan Kerr (Zurich, Belfast)
Martin McKenna (The Ardonagh Group, Glasgow)
Andrew Weir (Greenwood Moreland Insurance Brokers, Hamilton)
Louise McQuade (WTW, Glasgow)
Susan MacKenzie Young (Sigma Connected Group, Edinburgh)
Ruth Moore (Moody’s, Edinburgh)
Lawrence Watts (Collinson, Edinburgh)
Ross Henderson (Scottish Power, Glasgow)
Pharmaceutical Entrepreneur of the Year
Neeraj Salwan (Reach Pharmacy and Clara Ltd, Glasgow)
Clare Brogan (Broom Pharmacy, Glasgow)
Gazenfer Ali and Arfan Ramzan (Shawlands Pharmacy, Glasgow)
Mark Feeney (Bannerman’s Pharmacy, Glasgow)
John- Paul Mackie (Mackie Pharmacy, Glasgow)
James Gallagher (Gallagher’s Pharmacy, Stevenston)
Nadine Miller (Dickson Chemists, Glasgow)
Charles Alexander Michie (Michies Pharmacy, Aberdeen)
Noel Wicks (Right Medicine Group, Falkirk)
Dental Entrepreneur of the Year
Chris Barrowman (Infinityblu Dental Care, Pitlochry)
Ayesha Ali (Bridge of Weir Dental, Bridge of Weir)
Nial Balloch (Dentistry on the Clyde, Glasgow)
Alisdair Colquhoun (Dentistry @ No3, Dunfermline)
Amir Nazim (mydentist, Glasgow)
Arfan Ahmed (Shawlands Dental Care, Glasgow)
Davinder Kals (St Vincent Smile, Glasgow)
Graeme Smart (Edinburgh Dental Studio, Edinburgh)
Umair Mohammed (Cherrybank Dental Spa, Edinburgh)
Joe Watson / Raashi Tiwari (Tiwari Watson Dental Care, Glasgow)
Architect of the Year
Thierry Lye (Austin-Smith:Lord, Glasgow)
Aurora Tallon (BakerHicks, Glasgow)
Kenneth Martin (Block Architects, Blantyre)
Dilveer Kaur Hoonjan (ECD Architects, Glasgow)
Elaine Keenan (Glasgow City Council, Glasgow)
Drew Glaister (Glasgow Housing Association, Glasgow)
Ian Cooney (Holmes Miller, Glasgow)
Phil Zoechbauer (jmarchitects, Glasgow)
Matt Gillespie (Optical Express, Dunfermline)
Nicola Thomson-Jack (The City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh)
Surveyor of the Year
Matthew Hillier (Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen)
Ian Davidson (DM Hall LLP, Edinburgh)
David Donnachie (Allied Surveyors Scotland PLC, Glasgow)
Michelle Parkes (Network Rail, Glasgow)
Sara Chalmers (Allsop LLP, Edinburgh)
Mark Gillies (Graham + Sibbald, Glasgow)
Shaun Buchan (Hardies Property & Construction Consultants, Edinburgh)
Faye Harmey (AtkinsRéalis, Glasgow)
Morag Menneer (Church of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Mark Doherty (Cruden Building Scotland, Thornliebank)
Marketing Professional of the Year
Leanne Mabberley (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Alan McGarrie (Johnnie Walker, Glasgow)
Kate Smith (Food Standards Scotland, Glasgow)
Michelle Crane (University of Glasgow, Glasgow)
Susanne Morrison (The Kiltwalk, Glasgow)
Jill Walker (The Scottish Government, Edinburgh)
Cat Leaver (VisitScotland, Glasgow)
Adam Wing (Seafood Scotland, Edinburgh)
Karyn Kennedy (Peter Vardy, Glasgow)
Kevin McQuillan (Celtic FC, Glasgow)
Business Professional of the Year
Heather Coulson (abrdn, Edinburgh)
Jane Williamson (AskBio, Edinburgh)
Julie Dunn (Dunns Food and Drinks, Glasgow)
Yvonne Brady (Morton Fraser Lawyers, Glasgow)
Amanda Fleming (Reach Solutions, Motherwell)
Fraser Sinclair (Santander, Glasgow)
Lorraine McLean (Scottish Building Society, Edinburgh)
Ann Downie (Shawbrook Bank, Glasgow)
Gwilym Morrison (Tesco Bank, Dunbar)
Selina McCole (Goldman Sachs, Edinburgh)
CEO of the Year
Andy Lothian (The Insights Group, Dundee)
Jude Cook (ShareIn, Edinburgh)
Susan Brown (Zortrex, Edinburgh)
James McShane (Scotch Frost of Glasgow, Bothwell)
Cameron Ure (Terra Visus, Edinburgh)
Phill Chambers (Orbex, Edinburgh)
Chris Wayne-Wills (Crerar Hotels, Edinburgh)
Managing Director of the Year
Ross Morrow (Molo Hotel Group, Glasgow)
Alan Kilpatrick (The North British Distillery Company, Edinburgh)
Fiona Doherty (Stagecoach Bus UK, Perth)
Stuart Common (Mackie’s of Scotland, Aberdeen)
Julie Moulsdale (Perceptive Communicators, Glasgow)
Claire Donnelly (Aspire Industrial Services, Glasgow)
Laura Fleming (Hitachi Energy UK, Glasgow)
Alan Glasgow (Wheatley Group, Glasgow)
Graham Bruce (Ringlink Scotland Ltd, Kirkwall)
Colin McCurdy (Zenith, Rosewell)
David Rowand (Cairn Group, Glasgow)
Entrepreneur of the Year
Imogen Russon-Taylor (Kingdom Scotland, Edinburgh)
Jane Perry (Bluebird Care Edinburgh, Edinburgh)
Christine Young and Gillian Sloan (loopliv, Chapelton)
Brad Stevens (Pizza Punks, Glasgow)
Jo Dytch (The Munro Beanie, Edinburgh)
Grant Keenan (Keenan Recycling, Aberdeen)
Cally Russell (Unfolded, Edinburgh)
Shamly Sud (GHSL Ltd, Paisley)
John Scott (d Scott Group, Dunfermline)
David Whiteford (Highland Coast Hotels, Edinburgh)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Campbell Duns (Boundless, Edinburgh)
Charlotte Farish (Cashmere Circle, Edinburgh)
Elaine Ford (Electrek Explorer, Edinburgh)
Ciara Bow (Gledfield Distillery, Ardgay)
Kirsty McAlinden (Mademoiselle Boutique and Beauty, Wishaw)
Matthew Walker (Savora Drinks, Edinburgh)
Rachel Parker (The Frangipane Bakery, Eyemouth)
Richard Dickson (Business Educator, Glasgow)
Levi Anderson (Ayr Eats, Ayr)
IT & Technology Professional of the Year
Greg Watson (International Financial Group Ltd, Edinburgh)
Chris Bowman (Registers of Scotland, Glasgow)
Monica Renicks (NHS Health Scotland, Motherwell)
Iain Fiddes (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), Glasgow)
Karen McLaughlan (Social Security Scotland, Paisley)
Fraser Brown (BrewDog, Edinburgh)
Prashant Janaswamy (Petrofac)
Simon Bradshaw (Trillium Flow, Glasgow)
David Keenan (Arnold Clark, Glasgow)
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