About the speakers
Ed is an impact director and decision maker in the Positive Change Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2018. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, Ed worked for three years in a consultancy advising investors, insurers and corporates on risk management and social impact in emerging and frontier markets. Ed started his career as an officer in the British Army, latterly working in a cross-government role on the UK government. Ed graduated BA (Hons) in History from Newcastle University in 2008 and MSc in Sustainable Development from London’s School of Oriental and African Studies in 2020.
Ed’s experience of working in and studying developing countries drives his desire to work towards a more sustainable future that leaves no one behind. Ed believes that thoughtful and responsible investment in companies achieving financial, social and environmental returns has enormous potential to catalyse positive change in the corporate landscape, build trust in capital markets and help support solutions to global challenges.
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Related funds
Worldwide Positive Change Fund
The Worldwide Positive Change Fund aims to produce capital growth over the long term by investing primarily in the equities of companies whose products, behaviour or services make a positive social impact.
Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust
The Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust aims to generate long-term capital growth, with two aims. Firstly, its net asset value (NAV) total return should exceed that of the MSCI AC World Index in sterling terms by at least 2 per cent per annum over rolling five-year periods . Secondly, it should contribute towards a more sustainable and inclusive world by investing in the equities of companies whose products or services make a positive social or environmental impact.Positive Change Fund
The Positive Change Fund invests in companies for whom delivering a positive change by contributing towards a more sustainable and inclusive world is core to their business, rather than simply looking to filter out firms that are perceived to cause harm.
