Heartbroken staff at a credit-scoring firm FICO who worked alongside senior director Scott, from Dunfermline, Fife, gathered in Nashville to remember him.

US colleagues of a Scots businessman who was murdered in Kenya paid an emotional tribute to him during a moving memorial service.

Heartbroken staff at a credit-scoring firm FICO who worked alongside senior director Scott, from Dunfermline, Fife, gathered in Nashville to remember him.

The 58-year-old’s body was discovered on Sunday, February 23 days after the globe-trotting business chief was reported missing.

Co-workers broke down in tears as they struggled to tell stories reflecting on a “kind man” who had a “heart of gold”.

He was praised for being a “genuinely considerate” person by friend and work pal Mike Manaton.

Before speeches were heard at a picturesque setting in front of dozens of well-wishers. Music from Scotland featured during the memorial with Nashville Pipes and Drums playing both at the start and the end of the service.

Co-workers took to a podium to share fond stories of Mr Scott. They told how he would turn his Scots thick accent on and off, and became a celebrity on regular visits to Mongolia giving him the nickname “Genghis Campbell”.

He would also do small things that made a “huge impact” and would return from visits around the world bringing back gifts for colleagues.

Mike said: “Campbell is a man who is celebrated by people around the world in many languages on every continent.

“And as I think about my own friendship with him I remember how many of us around the world were privileged to know him and call him a friend.”

Another colleague, Andrea Golden compared him to the iconic cartoon villain Gru from the Despicable Me films.

She said: “Campbell regularly told a story that he was a friend of a friend who knew the creator of Gru and said he was part of the inspiration for the character.

“He told the story with a slight smirk and a gleam in his eye. I was never sure how much was truth or a spun up tale just to get a reaction.

“Either way I see the similarities. Not so much the villain part, but I can potentially see physical similarities.”

Andrea also told how Mr Scott hunted down a sold-out toy for her son’s birthday and provided her kids with Cadbury chocolates after returning from the UK.

Mr Scott was reported missing after he failed to return to his hotel after visiting a bar for drinks with a friend. He had visited Kenya on a work conference for Fico.

His body was discovered dumped in a sack of pineapples in the Makongo forest. He was found with his wrists and legs bound with rope and had visible injuries on his hands.

Police in Kenya launched a hunt for three suspects and last month told how the men had ‘fled and gone into hiding’.

One of the prime suspects in the case, Samuel Musembi, reportedly stabbed himself to death in prison.

The directorate named the other suspects as Benard Mbunga Mbusu and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa, alias Edu.

The directorate said: “The suspects are linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton Campbell Scott, whose partially decomposed body was found on February 22, 2025 in Makongo Forest, Makueni sub-county. Scott had arrived in the country just days earlier to attend a business conference.”

A Foreign Office spokesperson said previously: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Kenya and are in contact with the local authorities.”