Martin Gilbert
Independent Non-Executive Director
Business Administration
Glencore
Switzerland
Biography
Appointed: Martin Gilbert has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 5 May 2017. Experience: Martin Gilbert is a co-founder and Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the holding company of the fund management group that was established in 1983. 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. Mr. Gilbert is also the Deputy Chairman of Sky PLC. Prior to this, Mr. Gilbert has served as Chairman of FirstGroup PLC. Mr. Gilbert, who was born in Malaysia, was educated in Aberdeen and has an MA in Accountancy and an LLB in Scots Law. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. In 2009 he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Aberdeen. Mr. Gilbert is Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School and in 2014 was awarded a Doctorate of Letters from Heriot-Watt University.
Research Interest
Accounting and Marketing
