Judy Wagner

EducationMary Erskine School and University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)business leader, educator executive search recruitment manager
EmployerFWB Park Brown - co-founder now non-executive role
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2021

Judy Wagner, FRSE is a British business leader, educator and executive search recruitment manager. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021[1] and is the co-founder and non-executive director of FWB Park Brown, an executive search company.[2]

Education and career

Wagner attended Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh and studied Accountancy at the University of Edinburgh.[3] She became a chartered accountant and worked for EY before joining in 1993 with Scott Black and Willie Finlayson[4] to found the company Finlayson Wagner Black, which was successful in head-hunting in the technology sector, building sales up to £1m in 2001/2 when there was an industry crash cutting 65% of their profits. Wagner diversified the organisation into construction and other traditional industries.[3] She was described as a 'thrill seeker' in her personal hobbies and business life.[3] Now she is a non-executive director, of what became FWB Park Brown, with branches in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London, recruiting senior executives and non-executives, internationally,[2] and she is also involved in two angel investment organisations.[5] Her work life also involves education and charity board trusteeships.

Role in business education

Wagner established with Susan Murray, the Executive Women's Leadership Programme,[6] the first of these in Scotland, and one of three in the UK, which won the 2017 award from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce for gender balance[7] and with John Amis,[8] the Non-Executive Directors Programme, within the University of Edinburgh Business School, where she sits on the International Advisory Board.[5] Wagner also acts as a mentor for early stage entrepreneurs, with the Biocity organisation, now WAPG (We Are Pioneer Group).[9]

Other roles

Wagner is a trustee of Salveson Mindroom charity which supports and empowers children and young people with learning difficulties,[10] and previously of the Daisy Chain Trust, a local children's charity which gives grants to disadvantaged children.[5] She was chair of the awards panel of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) in 2018.[5]

References

  1. Walker, Peter A. (29 March 2021). "Royal Society of Edinburgh's 2021 Fellows revealed". businessInsider. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 fwbparkbrown (31 March 2021). "Judy Wagner selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh". FWB Park Brown. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Masterson, Victoria (18 January 2004). "How I Made It: Judy Wagner: Managing director Finlayson Wagner Black". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. "FWB Park Brown". www.sfe.org.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Gates, Philip (15 February 2018). "Leading headhunter to chair Scottish Accountancy & Finance Awards judging panel". businessInsider. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. "Insight | Gender attainment gap tougher to crack than unequal pay". University of Edinburgh Business School. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. "Business School scoops diversity prize at Edinburgh Chamber awards". University of Edinburgh Business School. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. "New non-executive director programme to plug boardroom leadership gap". University of Edinburgh Business School. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. "The Unlocking Ambition Challenge for early stage entrepreneurs". BioCity. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. "Our devoted trustees". Salvesen Mindroom Centre. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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