Two key appointments for AAB

AAB, one of the largest independent firms of Chartered Accountants in Scotland, has announced two key appointments. They are Sean McAuley as Senior Manager within their Fraud Prevention and Investigation service line, and Mark Dailey as Senior Manager within their Internal Audit Team.

Sean, who is a fully accredited Counter-Fraud investigation officer and manager, joins AAB from Dundee City Council where he was the Key National Fraud Initiative contact working in their Revenues Division. Sean’s career has spanned twenty-two years in local Government and prior to joining AAB he played a significant role in a number of cross boundary working groups which included Scottish Government and other Government Departments whose remit was to deliver significant change in how to effectively tackle fraud nationally. Sean brings a wealth of technical knowledge to AAB and his focus will be on leading both AAB’s Fraud Prevention and Investigation service line and independent Whistleblowing service, SeeHearSpeakUp.

Mark, a CIPFA qualified accountant, joins AAB from BP and as well as his E&P sector experience Mark has also worked in the public sector and the accounting profession. In addition to his considerable internal audit experience Mark has been involved in supplier contract audits, JV cost reporting projects and the audit of anti-bribery and corruption processes. Mark will lead AAB’s Internal Audit Team and will work closely with Sean to grow the firm’s controls, compliance and risk management offering to clients.

James Pirrie, Partner, commented “We are delighted to have both Mark and Sean join our team. These appointments strengthen our risk management service offering and further enhances our commitment to providing top quality services to our clients.”

Anderson Anderson & Brown was formed in 1990 and now has 13 Partners, 8 Directors and over 200 staff. The firm has 6 key service areas namely; audit & accounting, taxation (personal, corporate, international and VAT), integrated employment solutions, corporate finance, management information solutions and wealth management.