Robert Ballantyne, business editor (Scotland) of The Sunday Times,
has been appointed head of corporate communications at Scottish &
Newcastle, based at the brewers’ Edinburgh HQ.
Ballantyne, a
former business editor of The Times and The Scotsman, is also a former
head of corporate communications at the Stagecoach Group.
He replaces Linda Bain, who has moved to Hilton International as vice-president of media.