Management appointment for Davidson Chalmers

Davidson Chalmers, the Edinburgh-based commercial law firm, has announced the appointment of Gordon Tainton as chief operating officer.

Mr Tainton, who joins from PayWizard plc, is an accountant whose career has included senior financial roles at Sky and RMD Group. At PayWizard he became chief commercial operations officer in July 2004 and managing director of shared services in 2007.

Andrew Chalmers, managing partner at Davidson Chalmers, said: “It’s a great coup to have recruited someone with Gordon’s considerable financial and management expertise. He will be able to add another dimension to how we effectively manage and structure our business going forward. He joins us at an exciting time for Davidson Chalmers, with a number of significant new client wins and the ongoing growth of the firm.”