Martin Gilbert

ABOVE: Left to Right- Lord Charles Bruce, Martin Gilbert, Ronnie Watt, Compton Ross, Daisuke Matsunaga.

Martin Gilbert received his Great Shogun award at the Aberdeen Town House on 2nd of July 2016.

 Martin James Gilbert was born in Malaysia in 1955 and is a well-known face in the UK business world having been the Chairman of First Group and the CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, an international investment management company, which he co-founded in 1983.

Martin was educated at Robert Gordon’s College (now RGU) and at Aberdeen University.