Former chair and co-CEO of Aberdeen Standard Investments Martin Gilbert has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of the PGA European Tour.
His relationship with the organisers of some of the world's most prestigious golf tours began in a professional sense when Aberdeen Asset Management became the title sponsor of the Scottish Open in 2012 (which this year will take place in October as opposed to the typical July date due to coronavirus), but he has had a personal relationship with the sport for longer still. Martin Gilbert appointed chair of Toscafund Gilbert said: "I am very much looking forward to this new chapter in my career. Business and golf have been two of the main passions in my life and so to be able to combin...
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