Deloitte man appointed as non-exec at Macfarlane

Packaging firm Macfarlane Group has appointed James Baird as a nonexecutive director, it was announced yesterday.

Baird has also been appointed as chairman of the firm’s audit committee, succeeding Stuart Paterson who was appointed chairman of the Glasgowbased group in September last year.

The group’s new nonexecutive previously led the Scotland and Northern Ireland business of “big four” accountancy practice Deloitte, before becoming managing partner of its audit and risk advisory division and chief operating officer in Switzerland.

Baird is currently an honorary professor at Glasgow University’s Adam Smith Business School.