Fairstone names Steve McNicol chief development officer

He takes up his new role in May and will be responsible for further accelerating the organisation's M&A activity, according to Fairstone. McNicol (pictured) has more than two decades of experience holding senior management positions in the North East's legal sector. He joins Fairstone from law firm Ward Hadaway. Prior to this, he was managing partner at Muckle LLP for 11 years and across that period drove double-digit growth, culture change and financial success, according to Fairstone. Fairstone CEO Lee Hartley (pictured) said: "We have worked with Steve as a client for many years...