Aberdeen acquisitions head to retire after 28 years

Little, who joined the group in 1987 as its ninth employee, began as head of acquisitions but spent a large part of his early career working at Aberdeen’s private equity division, heading the unit from 1990 to 2006. He then returned to the M&A role, helping oversee the fund group’s return to dealmaking prominence, not least through its £650m acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership last year. During his time at the group, assets under management have risen from £100m to £330m, according to The Scotsman. Little will be succeeded by David Boyle, who has worked at the firm sinc...