Standard Life Investments has hired Alliance Trust’s Evan Bruce-Gardyne as head of investment trusts.
Mr Bruce-Gardyne will manage relationships with the boards of Standard Life’s two mainstream investment company mandates - the UK Smaller Companies and Equity Income trusts run by Harry Nimmo and Thomas Moore respectively.
Having spent over 12 years at Alliance Trust, in the main as head of investor relations but latterly as head of internal audit, Mr Bruce-Gardyne replaces Gordon Humphries at Standard Life. Mr Humphries left the Edinburgh-based fund manager earlier this year.
Chris Arnott, head of global client relationship management at Standard Life, said: “Evan...will bring a wealth of investment trust knowledge and experience to the wider team. Evan has extensive knowledge of the sector and relationship management which will prove invaluable to the role”.
