About the speakers
Luke joined Baillie Gifford in 2012 and is an investment manager in the Private Companies Team. Prior to joining the Private Companies Team in 2024 he was an investment manager in the Discovery Team. Luke is co-manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, which focuses on identifying innovative and rapidly growing smaller companies globally. Luke graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2012 with a MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.
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