Hub North Scotland has appointed Andrew Richmond as its new chairman.

Currently a lay member of the court of the University of Dundee, Mr Richmond has significant experience of the healthcare, stockbroking and private equity sectors.

In addition, he is a non-executive chairman of Frontier IP, a university Intellectual Property (IP) commercialisation specialist listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.

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Mr Richmond will take over the position from Jim Royan who has held the role for the last four years.

Speaking on his appointment, Mr Richmond said: "I'm thrilled to be joining hub North Scotland at what is a key time in the development of a number of the organisation's projects across the territory it operates within.

"This role presents me with a fresh challenge and I am looking forward to being a part of hub North's future successes in the coming months and years."

Angus Macfarlane, chief executive of hub North Scotland, added: "Andrew's appointment to the hub North board follows the recent handover of two of our most high-profile education projects to-date and with a number of other developments currently in the construction phase, we are looking forward to adding to this throughout the forthcoming year."

(LM)