Michael Fotheringham graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an honours degree in agriculture and went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant in 2001.

After serving with one of accountancy’s ‘big four’, he joined the firm in 2008 and was made a partner the following year.

Raised on a farm near Strichen, Michael comes from a family steeped in the traditions of agriculture and has continued that with his own Aberdeenshire farm.

A keen rugby player, most recently with Aberdeenshire RFC, Michael has served on the club’s committee for more than nine years.