About the speakers

Kate is an investment manager and decision maker in the Positive Change team. Kate joined Baillie Gifford in 2002 and became a partner of the firm in 2020. She is a CFA Charterholder and graduated MA in Economics and Maths from the University of Edinburgh in 2001.
Kate believes the financial community plays a crucial role in creating a more sustainable world for future generations. Kate’s experience analysing smaller companies has left her with a natural enthusiasm for businesses that address unmet needs or challenge the status quo, as well as an appreciation of their long-term potential
Related funds

Positive Change Fund
The Positive Change Fund invests in companies for whom delivering a positive change by contributing towards a more sustainable and inclusive world is core to their business, rather than simply looking to filter out firms that are perceived to cause harm.
Worldwide Positive Change Fund
The Worldwide Positive Change Fund aims to produce capital growth over the long term by investing primarily in the equities of companies whose products, behaviour or services make a positive social impact.
Positive Change Equity Fund
To produce capital growth over the long term by investing primarily in global equities that, in the opinion of the manager, deliver positive change by contributing towards a more sustainable and inclusive world. Performance will be measured against the MSCI ACWI Index.