Martin Gilbert - Biography

Martin Gilbert is a founder shareholder and chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the holding company of the fund management group that was established in 1983. Martin is a director
of a number of investment trusts and chairman of FirstGroup PLC and Chaucer Holdings PLC. He is alsoa member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was recently appointed Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College’s Tanaka Business School.

Martin was educated in Aberdeen and has an MA in Accountancy and an LLB in law. He divides his time between Aberdeen, where the business has always been headquartered, and London, as well as overseeing the international operations of the Group.