14 May, 2021

Standard Life’s Gilbert counts the days to non-executive resignation

Standard Life Aberdeen co-CEO Martin Gilbert offers reassurance that he will relinquish one of the two non-executive roles which currently place him in contravention of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

Martin Gilbert

Martin Gilbert, the co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen, has offered reassurance that he will stand down from one of two non-executive positions which currently place him in breach of corporate governance guidelines. Gilbert joined the board of mining group Glencore last year, in addition to his place on the board at Sky. The two roles place him at odds with the UK Corporate Governance Code, which rules out a second non-executive role in a FTSE 100 company for a full-time executive. Gilbert is quoted in the Financial Times as saying: "I can confirm my commitment to only hold one non-executive director position by May 29." He a

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