About the speakers

Will is head of our Emerging Markets Equity Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 1999 and became a partner of the firm in 2010. Prior to joining the team in 2001, he also spent time working in our UK and US equity teams. Will graduated MA in History from the University of Glasgow in 1996.
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The Emerging Markets Growth Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, as stated in sterling, by at least 2 per cent per annum over rolling five-year periods.Emerging Markets Leading Companies Fund
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