People: India Fund Inc (IFN)

Mr. Martin James Gilbert, MA, LLB, is Director of India Fund Inc., since January 11, 2012. Mr. Gilbert is Founding shareholder and Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (“Aberdeen”), the holding company of the fund management group that was established in 1983. Mr. Gilbert is a director of a number of investment trusts and Chairman of FirstGroup PLC. He is Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School and a member of the Scottish Government’s Financial Services Advisory Board, the EFAMA President’s Advisory Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. In December 2008, Mr. Gilbert was named European Personality of the Year at the Funds Europe Awards. In 2009, he was named Ernst & Young Overall Scotland Entrepreneur Of The Year. In 2011, he was named Scotland PLC CEO of the Year at the Business Insider/PWC Scotland PLC Awards. Mr. Gilbert was educated in Aberdeen and has an MA in Accountancy and an LLB. 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.