Martin Gilbert (businessman)

Martin Gilbert
Born Martin James Gilbert
(1955-07-13) 13 July 1955
Malaysia
Residence Aberdeen and London
Nationality British
Ethnicity White British
Alma mater University of Aberdeen
Occupation Businessman
Years active 1976–present
Salary £4,501,000
Title Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management plc
Term 1983–present
Successor Incumbent
Spouse(s) Fiona J Gilbert, professor of radiology at the University of Cambridge
Children 3

Martin James Gilbert (born 13 July 1955) is a British businessman, currently Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management plc, an international investment management company, which he co-founded in 1983.[1] He was Chairman of FirstGroup plc between 1 April 1995 - 1 January 2014.[2] He became a patron of The Aberdeen Law Project in 2010.

Early life

Born in Malaysia, Gilbert was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and the University of Aberdeen and has an LLB in Law an MA in Accountancy.[3] He was in the same year of law school at the University of Aberdeen as Alistair Darling.

Career

Gilbert co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983.[4]

Personal life

Gilbert and his wife Fiona, professor of radiology at the University of Cambridge, have three children.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.aberdeen-asset.com/aam.nsf/aboutus/corporatehistory
  2. ↑ http://www.firstgroup.com/latest_news/?id=010391
  3. ↑ "Martin James Gilbert: Executive Profile & Biography". BusinessWeek. Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Martin James Gilbert: Executive Profile & Biography". BusinessWeek. Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Management's swashbuckling Scot with a feel for a big deal". BusinessWeek. The Telegraph. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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