By Lars Mucklejohn Fund manager Abrdn has handed chief executive Stephen Bird a £800k bonus despite clients pulling out even more funds, leading to a slump in annual profits. Bird’s total pay for 2023 came in at £1.1m, with the board approving 36 per cent of the maximum for his bonus – 26.5 per cent of which was due to “non-financial metrics”, including stakeholder engagement and ESG. The bonus was first reported by Mark Kleinman, City reporter for Sky News on X (formerly Twitter). The FTSE 250 firm said net outflows surged to £13.9bn in 2023, up from £10.3bn in 2022. Assets under management a…