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Tolibjon is a founding member, and joint manager on the Islamic Equities Strategy. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2011 and has spent time working on regional as well as large and small cap global equities teams. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the corporate finance department of an FMCG company, before founding a price comparison website in Central Asia covering insurance, banking, and telecom sectors. Tolibjon graduated with an LLB in Law from Queen Mary University of London in 2008 and is a CFA Charterholder.
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