Keith Skeoch is to step down from the board at Standard Life Aberdeen and retire as chief executive, to be replaced by global consumer banking CEO at Citigroup, Stephen Bird.
Following 14 years as a director on the board and five years as its group chief executive, Skeoch will serve the remainder of his contract as non-executive chairman of Aberdeen Standard Investments Research Institute, along with his seat as chair of the Investment Association. Bird joins the board of directors and will assume the role of chief executive-designate as of tomorrow (1 July 2020) and, following a handover period and subject to regulatory approval, will become the group's chief executive. IW's Big Video Call: SLA CEO Skeoch on deep recession fears, GARS and changing work pr...
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