“The analogy would be Android or Apple app stores. There’s a lot of creativity, a lot of innovation within those environments, but the core stability remains unchanged. In a world which remains uncertain, stability has real value,” he explained.
Back in January 2019 under his previous employer, which has now rebranded to Abrdn, Tiller acknowledged the opportunity to “really focus on creating a great investment company” following the 2017 merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen.
While head of UK propositions at Standard Life Aberdeen, Tiller said four years ago: “This job is exactly at the intersection of investment and technology, and that’s a hugely exciting place to be.
“We will see revolutionary change to savings and investments: the way people engage with long-term savings and investments is changing and will continue to change.
“The technological revolution is to do with client technology and it will mean things that were difficult and expensive to do will be much easier to do.”
FTAdviser's thoughts and condolences are with David's family at this time.
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