Scottish Investment Trust has announced that John Kennedy, manager of the fund for the last 10 years and an employee for 21 years, has left the Company on 18 July 2014 (although he will stay on as a consultant for a short period to mange the handover to his successor).
The Board thanked him for contribution over this period and wishes him well for the future.
Alasdair McKinnon, formerly the fund’s Assistant Manager, has become the acting Manager. He joined Scottish Investment Trust in 2003. Alisdair graduated MA with honours in Economic and Social History from the University of Edinburgh in 1997 and MSc in Investment Analysis (with distinction) from the University of Stirling in 2001. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals.