About the speakers
![David Rolland sat in the Baillie Gifford office.](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.49x0,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/pqcltjpd/rolland-david_50x50mm.jpg?v=63848939467)
Client Relationship Manager
David joined Baillie Gifford in 2022 with responsibility for intermediary client relationships (specifically UK Advisers) in the UK. He spent 12 years working on the ‘buy side’, joining Williams De Broe in 2010, which became Investec in 2012. David began his career as a portfolio manager, then as a discretionary fund manager for the next 8 years (4 of which were spent in the Channel Islands). David graduated from the University of Aberdeen, before completing a postgraduate degree at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.
![Lawrence Burns](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.5x0.5,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/kkqp2cst/burns-lawrence_50x50mm.jpg?v=63841267602)
Lawrence joined Baillie Gifford in 2009 and became a partner in 2020. He is a member of the International Growth Portfolio Construction Group and co-manager of the International Concentrated Growth and Global Outliers strategies. He has been deputy manager of Scottish Mortgage since 2021. He has also worked in the Emerging Markets and UK Equities teams. Lawrence graduated BA in Geography from the University of Cambridge in 2009.
![Praveen Kumar](https://www.bailliegifford.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=3840,h=3840,g=0.5x0.5,fit=cover/https://media.bailliegifford.com/mws/yg1didka/kumar-praveen_50x50mm.jpg?v=63841267780)
Praveen is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is manager of the Japanese Smaller Companies Fund and the manager of related Japan Small Cap Strategy segregated accounts, the Shin Nippon Investment Trust, and deputy manager of the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. He is also a founder and member of the International Smaller Companies Portfolio Construction Group. He previously worked for FKI Logistex before joining Baillie Gifford in 2008. Praveen graduated BEng in Computer Science from Bangalore University in 2001, and completed an MBA from the University of Cambridge in 2008.
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