Sandy Crombie

Sir Alexander Maxwell "Sandy" Crombie (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.

Early life Crombie was born on 8 February 1949, in Fife, Scotland.

Career Crombie was 17 when he joined Standard Life as a trainee actuary in 1966.

As head of investment operations in the UK, Crombie assumed control over Standard Life Portfolio Management activities, the precursor to Standard Life Investments.

He was appointed head of the Association of British Insurers' investment committee in 2002.

When Scott Bell retired in 2002, Crombie was appointed deputy CEO,

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

Honours and awards In 2009, Crombie received a knighthood for services to the insurance industry in Scotland.