Business people on the move

Ashtead Technology has created a new role to head up its increasing activities in renewable energy.

Scott Stephen

The integrated underwater technology and services company has appointed Scott Stephen to oversee the firm’s growing presence and enhance its service offering to support the global renewables market.

Based at Ashtead’s recently opened Thainstone technology centre in Aberdeenshire, UK, Mr Stephen has been promoted to the role after four years with the company, latterly as an asset integrity business development manager and formerly as sales manager.

Following a handful of strategic acquisitions over the past four years, Ashtead Technology has offshore operational bases in key locations including Abu Dhabi, Broussard, Halifax, Houma, Houston, London and Singapore. The company has been servicing the energy sector for 36 years with its bespoke underwater tools and systems.

Fiona Kennie

The firm has been diversifying into the renewables market where its equipment fleet and engineering skills developed to support the oil and gas industry are also suited to the requirements of offshore wind developers’ installation and operations and maintenance work.

Brewer Innis & Gunn has bolstered their in-house marketing team with a host of new hires to support their ambitious growth plans.

Marketing investment in the business has also increased by a further six figures on previous year, as the brewer seeks to continue momentum and further build awareness in England.

Fiona Kennie has been appointed in the new role of director of marketing and brings 20 years of broad marketing experience across a variety of strategic roles, spanning the breadth of the global drinks industry. Working across whisky, beer, cider and white spirits, Fiona has led strategic marketing planning across campaign development, brand positioning, consumer insight, and innovation.

Dougal Gunn Sharp

Fiona will lead Innis & Gunn’s internal marketing team, which now includes nine staff, with four new appointments and two further roles to be added.

Founder Dougal Gunn Sharp said: “I have never been more confident in the future of Innis & Gunn than I am now, and this is partly due to our new marketing team.”