People: Ace move as Kudos seals McGlone signing

Yvonne McGlone – who spent ten years at AIG before a 14-year spell at Ace European Group as business development manager – will also offer her services through the firm's offices in Glasgow and London.

Alan Fergusson, Kudos's employee benefits director, says: "Yvonne's considerable expertise in a highly complex area of protection is a significant addition to our services at a time when companies are seeking maximum efficiency from benefits."

Sticking with the Granite City, Rathbones Investment Management is opening a North-east office on Monday, with a team comprising John Henderson, formerly head of Rathbones' Edinburgh office, and two former Brewin Dolphin directors, Norman Law and Meera Dennis. Henderson says: "We are excited to be bringing an on-the-ground presence to Aberdeen to serve both existing and, we hope, new clients."

It's been a busy time for financial services firms, with Royal London 360 – the group's international division, which handles offshore investments, savings and tax planning – promoting Manx-born Terry Kelly from head of customer services to director of customer operations.

Items landing in Kelly's in-tray include a review of the firm's dealing platform and designing a model for its Middle East, Far East and South Africa offices to complement its Isle of Man operations.

Meanwhile, Tom Slater has been appointed as deputy manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust.

Slater is an investment manager in the long-term global growth team at Baillie Gifford, working alongside James Anderson. Baillie Gifford has managed Scottish Mortgage, its longest held client, for more than 100 years.

James Budden, head of investment trust marketing at Baillie Gifford, said: "Tom will help James with investment selection and appraisal for Scottish Mortgage and also assist with the important task of shareholder communication and presentations."

Milk shake-up sees Graham's appoint non-family director

GRAHAM'S dairy has appointed the first non-executive director to its family board in the company's 71-year history.

Simon Thomson, pictured below, legal and commercial director of Edinburgh-based oil and gas giant Cairn Energy, said he would help the company to explore new opportunities – though presumably not digging holes in India or Greenland.

Chairman Robert Graham said: "While our long-term focus remains to look after our farmers, customers, suppliers and staff, Simon's board-level commercial experience and strategic focus will be invaluable."

The dairy was founded by Graham's grandfather in 1939 on the farm in Stirlingshire that has been tended by the family for five generations. The latest innovation from the dairy is vanilla ice cream – perhaps that sweetened the deal for Thomson to come on board?

BAD DAY

Akio Toyoda

RECALL after recall around the world is denting Toyota's reputation and the car maker's president, Akio Toyoda, stepped into the media spotlight yesterday to face the music. Toyoda, whose grandfather founded the company in 1938, had been criticised for not speaking to the press, except for brief comments at the Davos summit.

GOOD DAY

Dougy Agnew

ACCOUNTANCY firm Henderson Loggie has appointed "big four" hot shot Dougy Agnew as its corporate tax director. Agnew joins the firm after spells with three of the profession's "big four" firms and industry experience in London and Edinburgh. The firm said he has corporate tax experience, including international structuring.