Martin Gilbert, Finance, Debrett's 500 2016, People of Influence

Martin Gilbert

Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management

Martin Gilbert is chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, the company he co-founded in 1983, and which has gone on to become one of the world’s leading independent asset managers, specialising in equities, fixed income, alternatives and property. Although born in Malaysia, Gilbert was brought up in Aberdeen and studied Law and subsequently an MA in Accountancy at the University of Aberdeen. He was chairman of FirstGroup from 1995 to 2014, and in 2013 he was appointed chairman of the Prudential Regulation Authority’s Practitioner Panel. He currently sits on the UK Treasury’s Financial Services Trade and Investment Board, and is Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School.