The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Former boss at JC nets job at Galbraith
Former Johnston Carmichael (JC) chairman Andrew Shepherd is joining property consultancy Galbraith in the same role.
Galbraith provides property consultancy services in the commercial, residential, rural and renewable energy sectors.
The firm employs more than 200 in Scotland including Aberdeen, Inverness and Elgin, and the north of England.
Its property marketing activity includes the sale of fishing rights in the Ythan Estuary, in Aberdeenshire, at offers over £500,000.
Mr Shepherd, 61, became a partner in Aberdeenbased accountancy firm JC in March 1994 and was the firm’s chairman from 2010 to July 2019, when former chief executive Sandy Manson took over the role.
On Linkedin, Mr Shepherd highlights “considerable experience working with large family businesses and high net worth individuals”.
The Fettes College and Edinburgh Universityeducated business consultant had a spell as managing partner for JC in the capital before taking over as group chairman.
Galbraith – the largest rural consultancy in Scotland and the north of England, managing farm, forestry, land and estate interests on more than 3.5 million acres – said Mr Shepherd would succeed Iain Russell in September.
Mr Russell, who remains a partner, said: “The partners at Galbraith warmly welcome Andrew.
“He brings with him tremendous board-level experience and we look forward to him working closely with our broadbased partnership, talented employees and CEO Martin Cassels to support the further development of our business.”
Mr Cassels added: “Like many businesses, while we have faced challenges over the last year or so we have emerged stronger and performed extremely well.
“We have a strong vision to look forward, grow and develop our exceptionally progressive people and business further, with confidence and agility as we embrace new working practices.”
Mr Shepherd said Galbraith’s “wealth of expertise and deep knowledge across the entire property spectrum” meant it was “well-placed to go from strength to strength”.