About the speakers
![Iain McCombie](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.5x0.5,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/vpsalgeu/mccombie-iain_50x50mm.jpg?v=63841267502)
Iain is the head of our UK Equity Team and lead manager of the UK Core Strategy. He is also the joint manager on our flagship Managed Strategy, which he has been involved in since 2000, and became a partner of the firm in 2005. Since joining Baillie Gifford in 1994, Iain has spent time on the US Equities Team. Iain graduated with a MA in Accountancy from the University of Aberdeen and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
![David Rolland sat in the Baillie Gifford office.](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.49x0,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/pqcltjpd/rolland-david_50x50mm.jpg?v=63848939467)
Client Relationship Manager
David joined Baillie Gifford in 2022 with responsibility for intermediary client relationships (specifically UK Advisers) in the UK. He spent 12 years working on the ‘buy side’, joining Williams De Broe in 2010, which became Investec in 2012. David began his career as a portfolio manager, then as a discretionary fund manager for the next 8 years (4 of which were spent in the Channel Islands). David graduated from the University of Aberdeen, before completing a postgraduate degree at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.
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