Left to right are Graeme Hartop and Colin Tate of Hampden & Co (by Stewart Attwood) By Scott Wright HAMPDEN & Co has recruited a senior figure from Sainsbury’s Bank as it strives to develop the technology underpinning its services. The Edinburgh-based private bank has hired Colin Tate as its new chief operating officer. He will succeed Stuart Alexander, who is retiring next month. Mr Tate was most recently head of digital transformation at Sainsbury’s Bank, where he spent a decade of his career, and previously had spells at Accenture, Capgemini and PwC. At Hampden he will be given responsibility for leading the bank’s technology strategy and business change programmes.