Investment director has call centre past

From call-centre to investment director? It is possible.

This week Mike Bessell was appointed as investment director of Standard Life Investment's UK equities team. It's an impressive move, particularly given he was working in a call centre for Royal Bank of Scotland just four years ago.

Bessell had fallen upon hard times after moving back to Scotland following staff cuts in the wake of September the 11th, the Financial Times reports. Before manning the phones he was working in Credit Suisse First Boston's acquisition and leveraged finance group.

The moral could be that all experience is good experience.