Expert toasts brewery role

A RESPECTED business figure has become the chief financial officer of an Edinburgh beer company.

David Cockburn, a former corporate finance expert who was named Scottish Dealmaker of the Year by the Scottish Business Insider in 2010, has been hired by Innis & Gunn as part of it expansion drive.

He previously advised the company’s board and has 19 years’ experience at professional services firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Grant Thornton.