It suggests that the new Frontline Management boss has equally strong ties with Bonny Scotland as he does with Norway’s picturesque west coast.

His perfect English and the fact that he named his first company Highlander Tankers are other obvious pointers to the Scottish ties and affections.

Macleod does not give away much about his background. But he is prepared to reveal that his father came to Norway from Scotland in the mid-1970s to ply his trade as a footballer.