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Stuart is a director in the Clients Department. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2003 and became a partner in the firm in 2014. Stuart is Chair of the UK Business Group as well as coordinating global marketing and product development activity and sitting on various management groups including the firm’s Strategic Leadership Group and ESG Steering Group. His roles with Baillie Gifford have included institutional sales and consultant relationships and the creation of a dedicated financial institutions team. In recent years his focus has been on the development of the firm’s overall ‘Actual Investors’ philosophy and the integration and development of our ESG investment research activities and strategy offerings. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, Stuart worked with Dresdner RCM in Hong Kong and Aberdeen Asset Management in the UK. He graduated BA in Finance and Business Law from the University of Strathclyde in 1993.

Tim joined Baillie Gifford in 2007. He is an investment specialist, overseeing the institutional client base that invests in Long Term Global Growth, one of Baillie Gifford’s most concentrated equity strategies with a focus on transformational payoffs. He also leads the broader client specialist ecosystem at Baillie Gifford. Tim became a Partner of the firm in 2016. Prior to Baillie Gifford, Tim worked at AT Kearney where he managed a number of private equity projects. Tim graduated MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol in 1999.
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