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Asia ex Japan: portfolio manager update

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Asia ex Japan: portfolio manager update

May 2024 / 27 min

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Roddy Snell

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Asia ex Japan Strategy’s performance, portfolio positioning and the region’s attractions for growth investors.

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Roddy Snell

Roddy is an investment manager in the Emerging Markets Equity Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2006 and became a partner of the firm in 2023. He has managed the Baillie Gifford Pacific Fund since 2010 and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust since 2021 (having been deputy since 2013). Roddy became a member of the International Alpha Portfolio Construction Group in 2024. Prior to joining the Emerging Markets Equity Team in 2008, he also spent time in the UK and European equity teams. Roddy graduated BSc (Hons) in medical biology from the University of Edinburgh in 2006.

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