Venue Info
Students' Union Building, Elphinstone Road Unit 5, Aberdeen AB24 3TU
Martin Gilbert
Students' Union Building, Aberdeen
Free
AUTIC Guest Speaker Event
DOORS CLOSE AT 16.30 - NO ENTRY AFTER THIS TIME
Martin Gilbert is Chairman of Revolut, the global neobank and financial technology company. He co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983, growing it into one of the world's leading independent asset managers, and led the business until his retirement in September 2020, including a period as co-CEO following the 2017 merger with Standard Life.
He also spent over two decades as Chairman of FirstGroup and served on the Board of Sky PLC until its acquisition by Comcast. In 2015, Harvard Business Review ranked him 22nd among the world's top performing CEOs, and he has since been recognised with awards including Personality of the Year at the City AM Awards and Asset Management CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Awards.
Martin currently sits on the boards of Glencore and Liontrust Asset Management, and is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University, and Heriot-Watt University.
Join us for the chance to hear from someone with over four decades of experience at the highest levels of finance and business. Martin's insight spans building a global asset manager from the ground up to steering one of today's leading fintechs, offering a rare depth of knowledge on leadership, markets, and long-term growth.