About the speaker
James is head of the Multi Asset Team and chairs our Multi Asset and Income Leadership Group. He became a partner in 2018. James joined Baillie Gifford in 2006, initially working in our North American Equity and Fixed Income teams. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2010 and graduated BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford in 2005.
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