The chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management has been included on a list of top performing bosses by Harvard Business School.
Martin Gilbert ranks number 22 on the Harvard Business Review’s (HBR’s) list of the world’s top performing CEOs out of a possible list of 907.
The researchers at HBR said: “HBR’s ranking of CEOs is meant to be a measure of enduring success. We track and analyze each CEO’s performance starting from day one of his or her tenure.
“Our goal is to create a list that gets beyond the most recent quarterly or even annual results and truly evaluates long-term performance.”
They added that the team gathered daily financial data for each company, looking back to the CEO’s first day on the job until April 30, 2015.
Mr Gilbert said: “It’s amazing for Aberdeen Asset Management’s name to appear among some of the great multi-national companies.
“I guess it reflects how far AAM has come over the past 32 years. Whilst the report references the performance of CEOs it really has been a team effort ever since 1983.
“The contribution of Andrew Laing, Bill Rattray, Hugh Young, Hugh Little, Ken Fry, Anne Richards and many, many others should not be underestimated.”
The list also includes Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive of Volkswagen who resigned last month in the wake of the emissions testing scandal.
Lars Rebien Sørensen, chief executive of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, claimed top spot ousting last year’s number one, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.