About the speaker
Investment Specialist
Ben is an investment specialist in the Clients Department. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2011. Ben previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked for several years in San Francisco with a variety of clients in the Asset Management industry. Ben returned to Scotland to take up a role in Private Equity. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated in Economics from the University of St Andrews in 2000.
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