Aberdeen Life, the unit-linked insurance subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management, has appointed two industry veterans, Otto Thoresen and David Hare, as chairman and senior non-executive director respectively.

Lancashire-based firm Acumen Financial Partnership has announced that director Jon Landy has increased his shareholding in the business to 35% and the firm has also appointed Lucy Molina as its new Financial Planning co-ordinator.

Platform and Sipp provider AJ Bell has appointed as its new technical director a man who has previously “locked horns” with chief executive Andy Bell over technical issues.