FORMER John Menzies chief financial officer Paula Bell received total remuneration of £233,000 in her final seven months with the aviation and distribution firm before leaving for Spirent Communications in July.

Ms Bell’s pay is outlined in Menzies’ 2016 annual report, which discloses that former chairman Ian Napier received £78,000 before his departure in May.

As revealed previously by The Herald, the report confirms that former chief executive Jeremy Stafford was paid £65,200 for loss of office on his departure in January, last year, along with a contribution of £4,000 plus VAT towards legal costs.