A MOVE to London can do funny things to a Scot, as our horrified sources at ScottishPower have discovered about the company's former head of communications, Colin McSeveney.
McSeveney, who spent 20 years as a Reuters foreign correspondent mainly i
n South America, plays up to his hard-man image, downing pints the day before running a marathon.
But a move to the Big Smoke in January to take up a new job at Smith Group appears to have brought out his inner vanity.
Our sources tell us that McSeveney, who left ScottishPower on good terms following its takeover by Iberdrola, appears to have decided his image was not fitting for the high-powered, three-hour lunches for which the Square Mile is known, and has elected to have his teeth whitened, in what can only be described as a cosmetic procedure.
"I worked with him for six years and can't remember him even going to the dentist never mind flossing," a source said.
"Obviously the pressure to conform in the highly polished, ultra-groomed world of City PR is getting to him."
The procedure, advertised for around £500, marks a sharp change in style for McSeveney, who famously claims to have got married and had children in order to never have to carry keys. McSeveney, who grew up in Salcoats – on what he calls "the Ayrshire Barbary Coast" – previously mocked male colleagues who used hair gel.
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