Nish takes top job at Standard Life

Standard Life’s group finance director David Nish has stepped up to take the chief exec role at the investment firm. Nish has been with the company since the end of 2006, having joined from Scottish Power where he was FD.

He succeeds Sir Sandy Crombie who has been with the company for more than 40 years . Nish, who takes over on 1 January, was previously a partner for Price Waterhouse in Glasgow and Canada.

Other FDs climbing the corporate ladder include Neil Kirby, who takes the chief exec role at maintenance company Enterprise having joined as FD in 2003. He was latterly group managing director and succeeds Owen McLaughlin who moves to a non-exec role.

David Griffiths boosts numbers at insolvency firm Leonard Curtis working in the firm’s Birmingham office. The latest addition means its West Midlands base can now boast 11 staff. Griffiths was previously a corporate insolvency assistant manager at BDO.