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RRJ Burns, W.S
Richard Burns became a Director of the Company at the time of the listing of its shares in 1981. He qualified as a solicitor in 1971 and he joined Baillie Gifford in 1973 as a trainee investment manager, becoming a Partner in 1977 and was joint Senior Partner from 1999 until his retiral in April 2006. He is a Director of EP Global Opportunities Trust PLC, Standard Life Equity Income Trust PLC, The Bankers Investment Trust PLC, JP Morgan Indian Investment Trust plc, is Chairman of Euronova European Smaller Companies Fund and is a Trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland.
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MCN Scott, QC
Malcolm Scott became a Director of the Company in 1990. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and thereafter at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and Glasgow University. He became an Advocate in 1978 and a QC in 1991. He is a practising Advocate. |
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RAR Napier, LLB, LLM, ASIP
Russell Napier was appointed a Director of the Company on 10 August 2009. He joined Baillie Gifford in 1989 managing funds in the Japanese, US and, finally, Asian markets. He managed Asian portfolios for Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets from 1994 and in 1995 became Asian equity strategist for stockbrokers CLSA in Hong Kong. Since 1999 he has been a consultant global micro strategist with CLSA Asia-Pacific markets. He is the author of ‘Anatomy of a Bear – Lessons from Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms’ and he has established and runs a course called ‘A Practical History of Financial Markets’ at The Edinburgh Business School. He is a director of the Didasko Education Company Limited, Orlock Advisors Limited and the Scottish Investment Trust PLC.
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