AAB welcomes key partner appointment in Aberdeen

Leading UK and Ireland professional services firm, AAB, has announced the appointment of a new partner in Aberdeen. Andrew Webster joins as Virtual Finance Partner, further strengthening AAB’s established Virtual Finance Function, which supports businesses across all aspects of the finance function from day-to-day transactional work to senior strategic finance, helping business leaders make evidence-based decisions.

Andrew brings more than 20 years of international finance experience in practice and industry, supporting large corporates, fast-growing businesses, and private equity-backed groups to simplify, integrate and transform within complex business and financial landscapes.

In his role, Andrew will enhance AAB’s existing Virtual Finance offering, supporting clients across the business lifecycle with transformation with a focus on business optimisation, financial strategy and reporting – leveraging his expertise and network to support continued growth.

Lauren McCluskey, Head of Virtual Finance at AAB, commented: “We’re delighted to welcome Andrew to the team. His wealth of experience and proven ability to deliver transformative business and finance solutions will be a fantastic addition to our Virtual Finance Function. Andrew’s insight into how data, automation and technology can be harnessed to create value will play a key role in helping our clients scale efficiently and strategically.”

Andrew Webster, Virtual Finance Partner at AAB, added: “I’m delighted to be joining AAB at such an exciting stage in the firm’s growth. The Virtual Finance team is already delivering exceptional work supporting clients within in-house finance teams or businesses going through change and transformation. I’m looking forward to helping build on that success as we continue to innovate and evolve our offering.”

AAB employs almost 300 people in Aberdeen and the Virtual Finance Function now has a team of more than 20 people based in the granite city office supporting clients in a range of businesses from owner-managed family businesses to complex large corporates. Since 2021, AAB has been on a rapid growth journey – trebling in size and now employing more than 1,100 people across the UK and Ireland. This momentum is set to continue, supported by investment from Goldman Sachs earlier this year to help deliver AAB’s ambitious 2030 growth strategy.