Martin Gilbert

Martin Gilbert is Co-Chief Executive of Standard Life Aberdeen plc.

Mr Gilbert was a co-founder and the Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, which was established in 1983. Under his leadership, Aberdeen became one of the world’s leading independent asset managers through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

Mr Gilbert was appointed Chairman of the Prudential Regulation Authority’s Practitioner Panel in December 2013. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Institute of International Finance. He is also a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the International Advisory Board of British American Business. He is also the Deputy Chairman of SKY PLC.

He is Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School and in 2014, he was awarded a Doctorate of Letters from Heriot-Watt University.

Mr Gilbert, who was born in Malaysia, was educated in Aberdeen and has an MA in Accountancy and an LLB. After university, he joined Deloitte where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. In 1982, he joined the investment department of local law firm Brander & Cruikshank, which went on to become Aberdeen Asset Management.