{"id":8820,"date":"2026-11-04T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/scotland\/?p=8820"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:21:12","slug":"scottish-financial-enterprise-chief-executive-stepping-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/scotland\/news\/8820-scottish-financial-enterprise-chief-executive-stepping-down","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Financial Enterprise chief executive stepping down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) chief executive Sandy Begbie is set to step down at next summer\u2019s AGM.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed to the position in October 2020, following a career which included senior roles at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Tesco Bank, Aegon, Standard Life and Scottish Power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been an honour and a privilege to be CEO of Scottish Financial Enterprise for over six years,&#8221; he commented. &#8220;I was asked by the board to lead the organisation into its next stage of development, modernise the way it operated and ensure SFE became one of the most influential trade bodies in Scotland and I am personally delighted with what we have delivered over the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My decision has not been taken lightly, but I feel, after what will be almost seven years, that it is time to pass over the opportunity to someone new, who can bring a fresh perspective and take SFE forward into its next stage of development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SFE chair Sue Dawe said: &#8220;Sandy has been central to the success of SFE over the past six years, both in leading our organisation and in championing our industry with government, in the media and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The board has a well-established governance and succession process in place, and a search for Sandy\u2019s successor is now underway.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He will pass on the role to a new appointee at next summer&#8217;s AGM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278857,"featured_media":2509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127685],"coauthors":[137126],"class_list":["post-8820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-services","tag-featured-story","tag-scotland","tag-top-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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