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Martin Gilbert
Martin Gilbert is the Vice Chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Chairman of Aberdeen Standard Investments, the group's asset management arm. Standard Life Aberdeen, formed in August 2017 through the merger of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and Standard Life plc, is a prominent global investment company. Having co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983, Martin served as its Chief Executive. Under his leadership, Aberdeen emerged as a global leading independent asset manager, achieving this through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Martin also serves as the Chairman of the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority’s Practitioner Panel. He is a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the International Advisory Board of British American Business. Additionally, he holds the position of Senior Independent Director at Glencore plc. From January 2016 to October 2018, Martin was the Deputy Chairman of SKY PLC having joined the Board in 2011. He became the Chairman of FirstGroup, between 1995 and 2013 having been a director since it was formed in 1989. Martin's significant contributions to the financial industry earned him recognition, including the Personality of the Year award at the City AM Awards in 2017 and the title of Asset Management CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Awards the following year. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen and Heriot-Watt University and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. Born in Malaysia, Martin Gilbert earned an MA in accountancy and a law degree from the University of Aberdeen. After becoming a chartered accountant with Deloitte, he joined the investment department of local law firm Brander & Cruikshank, which later became Aberdeen Asset Management.
At present, Segun serves on the board of various blue-chip companies as Chairman and Director, some of which include Oladiran Engineering and Trade Nigeria Limited and Petrolex Oil & Gas Limited – an innovative diversified energy services organisation providing value added services in supply and distribution of petroleum products, used oil recovery, fleet/fuel management services and shipping and logistics.
He has dedicated his extensive knowledge of the industry towards its development, playing a huge role in its advancement, the most notable being his investment in a Mega Oil City which will house the second largest refinery & largest petroleum product depot in Africa.
Segun Adebutu is the founder, financier and chairman of Oladiran Olusegun Adebutu (OOA) Foundation, a not-for-profit and non-political organisation, which was formally launched on Saturday, October 22 2016 at Abeokuta, Ogun State, South West Nigeria.
The foundation is committed to supporting orphans and vulnerable children to access "quality education, primary healthcare, nutrition as well as social and economic welfare." The foundation whose mantra is 'Leave No Child Behind’ adopted 300 internally displaced children, and has been responsible for their upkeep including education, feeding, housing and health. He is the Chairman of Bluebridge Marine, Oladiran Agro-Allied Company and a music record label, named Baseline Records. Adebutu is also the Executive Director and a member of the Board of Premier Lotto Nigeria Limited. He studied Economics from