About the speakers
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James was appointed co-head of the Global Income Growth team and co-manager of The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. (SAINTS) in 2017. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2004 on the Graduate Scheme and became an investment manager in our US Equities team. Previously, James spent three years working at The Scotsman newspaper, where he was the Economics Editor. He is a CFA Charterholder, graduated MA (Hons) in Economics-Philosophy from the University of St Andrews in 2000 and MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics in 2001.
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Seb joined Baillie Gifford in 2020 as a Client Director attached to our Global Income Growth strategy. He has worked in the asset management industry for 18 years, first as an equity research analyst for Barclays and Fidelity International, then as a product specialist for Fidelity and Artemis Fund Managers. Seb graduated from EDHEC (France) with a BSc in Finance and from Columbia Business School (USA) with an MBA. He is a CFA Charterholder.
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