About the speakers
![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)
![Spencer Adair](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.5x0.5,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/jysn1cti/adair-spencer_50x50mm.jpg?v=63841267885)
Spencer is an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and became a partner in 2013. He has been an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team since its inception in 2005 and Monks Investment Trust since 2015. He became an investment manager in the International Concentrated Growth Strategy in 2021. Spencer has also spent time working in the Fixed Income, Japanese, European, Emerging Markets and UK Equities teams. He graduated BSc in Medicine from the University of St Andrews in 1997.
![Luke Ward](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.49x0.26,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/0btjspog/luke-ward.jpg?v=63841267648)
Luke joined Baillie Gifford in 2012. He is an investment manager in the Discovery Team and a deputy manager for the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust. Luke is also an investment analyst for the Private Companies Team. He graduated MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh in 2012.
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