Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brooks Macdonald has appointed chief financial officer Andrea Montague as its new group chief executive to replace Andrew Shepherd, who will retire after 22 years with the group.

Expanding Financial Planner and wealth manager MKC Wealth has appointed Quilter's Sarah Waring as Financial Planning director.

Frenkel Topping, the specialist advice firm focusing on personal injury and clinical negligence cases, has appointed major shareholder Christopher Mills as non-executive chairman.

Scottish wealth manager and Financial Planner Aberdein Considine has appointed Ross Leckridge as a Chartered Financial Planner for the newly-created Edinburgh division of its Financial Planning team.