About the speakers

Investment Specialist
Tom is a European Equities Investment Specialist in the Clients Department, having joined the firm in 2021. He previously worked as a Product Specialist at Janus Henderson Investors. He graduated with a BA in Politics from the University of Nottingham in 2014.

Stephen is head of the European Equity Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2005, and became a partner of the firm in 2024. Stephen has been involved in running the European portion of the Global Core Strategy and Managed Strategy since 2019, as well as a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group. Prior to joining the team he spent time in the US, UK Smaller Companies and Japanese equities teams. Stephen graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Financial Mathematics in 2005.
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