Martin Gilbert
The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Martin Gilbert emerges in this interview as a consummate Architect, a builder who shaped Aberdeen Asset Management from a small Scottish buyout into a 500 billion pound global enterprise through deliberate structural choices and disciplined opportunism.
“I think it's suicidal what he's done. I mean, it's absolutely incredible. I mean, talk about guaranteeing being voted out of office. I mean, I may be completely wrong here. Maybe he knows something, but all my friends who are high up in the Conservative Party, they're all saying, this is madness.”
“Yeah, it was just the same. It's quite interesting. When you start a company or you're involved in small companies, you have to, the lines of communication are short, all of these sort of things. So we, yeah, I love it. I love the sheer energy of it. They're all much younger than me. I put on a suit today in deference to the audience.”
“Yeah, I don't think they can break into the ETF. And I don't think they can break into the private markets either unless you make a very, very big acquisition, a bit like BlackRock have just done.”
“And they have the trust. And I always liken it to telephones. My generation, I forgot a fixed phone line, which if it rings, you think, what the hell is happening? And a mobile phone. None of my children have fixed telephone lines. I mean, they all just have mobile phones.”
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