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Miranda Lack

Audit Senior

27 March 2025

Audit & Assurance

Meet Miranda: Gaining a global perspective with a Scottish secondment

New year, new continent? That was how 2025 began for Miranda Lack, who joined our Edinburgh Audit team in January on secondment from Moore Australia! We caught up with Miranda to find out how she is getting on so far.

Graham Marjoribanks

Vice-Chair and Head of Audit & Assurance

26 February 2025

Johnston Carmichael hires new partner as part of ongoing audit team growth

Leading UK accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its growing audit team with the appointment of a new partner. Jane Ferguson has joined from a Big Four audit team and has more than 18 years’ experience in audit, assurance and financial reporting across Scotland.

Paul Shields

Audit Partner and Head of Newcastle office

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11 September 2024

Ten questions with Audit Partner - Paul Shields

Paul Shields has over 25 years’ experience working in accountancy practises in the North East, working across sectors, and with a real specialism in the Engineering & Manufacturing sector. Get to know him better as Paul shares his thoughts on leadership, his journey in accountancy, and the key challenges facing businesses today.

Louise Mair

Audit Director

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17 July 2024

My JC Path: From Summer Intern to Audit Director

From joining Johnston Carmichael as a summer intern in 2013, to being promoted to Audit Director in 2023, Louise Mair’s JC Path has been a great journey. To find out more about it, we caught up with Louise, who is based in our Edinburgh office, to find out how the firm has changed in the 10 years she has spent with us.

Gillian Boston

Financial Services Director

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19 December 2023

Payment and e-money providers – safeguarding audits, a timely reminder

In July 2020 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finalised guidance on safeguarding customer funds, which included the requirement that payment services and electronic money institutions, whose accounts required a statutory audit, would also be required to undertake an annual audit of their compliance with the safeguarding requirements under the Payment Service Regulations 2017 (PSRs) and Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (EMRs).

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