Internship Programme - People Profiles

We have been running our successful Internship Programme for over nine years and, as a result, have recruited several interns to join us as graduates.  The following testimonials highlight the benefits of this programme.
 

Gary Robinson

Molecular and Cellular Biology, Oxford
The internship at Baillie Gifford has been a great learning experience.  The programme is superbly structured and allows interns to gain a real broad overview of the firm, but at the same time, the main investment placement is long enough to carry out a meaningful project.  I spent time in the UK small-cap team and studied Matalan and New Look as potential investments.  People on my team were always willing to help with any questions I had.  Over the next three weeks I had a range of placements, from Fixed Income to the Institutional Clients Department, each offering a unique insight into the workings of an asset management firm.  I think my eight weeks at Baillie Gifford have been well spent, and would be an invaluable experience for anyone considering a career in fund management.

Kate Fox

Economics and Maths, Edinburgh
I did the Baillie Gifford internship in the summer of 2000, just before starting my final year at university.  I was delighted to find that Baillie Gifford offered the opportunity to find out about the world of investment management.  Most of my peers had headed to London, but I was eager to spend the summer working in Edinburgh, with the ability to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival.

I spent six weeks on the European department, where I was immediately made to feel like part of the team.  I attended the daily departmental meetings, worked on a project about the German savings market, and analysed a German financial services company.  I then spent a week in the Emerging Markets Department where I did a case study on Fosters Group, a company that manufactures and markets alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.  The team members were all very willing to spend time with me discussing my various projects and were always happy to answer the many queries I had.

Throughout the internship, people from a wide range of departments came to speak to us and tell us about the industry, the company, and their jobs.  For example, the Chief Investment Officer came to tell us about the history of Baillie Gifford, fund managers told us about investment management and how to analyse companies, and the head of Dealing and members of the Institutional Clients Department came to speak to us about what their roles entailed.  By the end of the summer I had a much clearer understanding of the world of investment management, and decided that I wanted to pursue a career in it.

The Baillie Gifford partnership was very welcoming, and we were immediately made to feel a part of the company.  The company had a very friendly atmosphere, and I left in August hoping that I would have the opportunity to work for the firm.