Judy Wagner

FRSE
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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