Ex-Attorney General Mark Pettingill has quit a top job at Clarien Bank less than three months after joining.

Mr Pettingill — who left Cabinet to take up the post at the end of May — resigned his post at chief legal officer on Thursday.

A spokesman for Clarien said: “Clarien Bank Limited advised today that effective 7 August, Mark Pettingill has opted to pursue alternative professional opportunities outside of the organisation.

“We thank him for the contributions he has made in his tenure with us to date and wish him well in his future endeavours.”

Clarien, based in Reid Street, Hamilton, took over the former Capital G Bank in April.