Sandy Crombie

Sir Alexander Maxwell "Sandy" Crombie FRSE (born 8 February 1949), is a British businessman, chairman of LendingCrowd, chairman of Amiqus Resolution, former chair of Creative Scotland, former non-executive director of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and formerly the chief executive officer (CEO) of Standard Life, a FTSE 100 long term savings and investment business.^[1][2]

Sir Sandy Crombie
Born	Alexander Maxwell Crombie (1949-02-08) 8 February 1949 (age 76) Fife, Scotland
Nationality	British
Occupation	Businessman

Early life

Crombie was born on 8 February 1949,^[3] in Fife, Scotland.^[4]

Career

Crombie was 17 when he joined Standard Life as a trainee actuary in 1966.^[4] Through his career at Standard life he climbed the ranks, succeeding Jim Stretton as general manager (operations) in 1988, and was appointed general manager (investment and development) in 1994.^[5]

As head of investment operations in the UK, Crombie assumed control over Standard Life Portfolio Management activities, the precursor to Standard Life Investments.^[6][4] By 1998, Crombie and Scott Bell were in discussions to create Standard life Investments as a separate brand, specifically to manage the company's investment activities, and he was appointed CEO upon its establishment.^[7]

He was appointed head of the Association of British Insurers' investment committee in 2002.^[8]

When Scott Bell retired in 2002, Crombie was appointed deputy CEO,^[4] and, upon Iain Lumsden's retirement, Crombie took over as CEO of Standard Life, while continuing as CEO of Standard Life Investments.^[9]

In 2010, Crombie became president of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's long-running conservationist charity.^[10]

Honours and awards

In 2009, Crombie received a knighthood for services to the insurance industry in Scotland.^[2] In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.^[11]