Adam & Company, the Edinburgh-based private bank, has added Linda Urquhart OBE and Alexa Henderson to its board as non-executive directors.

Urquhart started her career as a solicitor at Morton Fraser, moving on to become chief executive - a position she held between 1999 and 2011. She sits on several boards, including the roles of chairman of Morton Fraser, non-executive board member of the Confederation of British Industry and chairman of Investors in People Scotland. She is also a Member of UK Commission for Employment and Skills Investors in People advisory board, a member of the development board of The Prince’s Trust Scotland and an Ambassador for Girlguiding UK.

She was awarded an OBE for services to business in the Queen’s latest New Year Honours list.

Henderson has a background at KPMG and Arthur Anderson primarily in a financial services audit capacity. She later joined Bankers Trust of New York and Deutsche Bank, where she worked from 1986 to 2003, most recently as a managing director in the investment performance business. In this role, she was responsible for the business providing investment performance services, accounting and valuation services to pension funds and investment managers.

Henderson joined the board of the Scottish Building Society in 2001, has chaired the audit committee, the ALCO and held the position of vice chairman for four years until taking over as chairman of the Society in May 2011.

Adam & Company is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland and a sister firm of Coutts. The firm has around £1.25 billion ($1.96 billion) of private client funds under management.