About the speaker

Steven joined Baillie Gifford in 2004 and is head of the Income Research Team. He has been involved in running the Fixed Income portion of the strategy since 2012. He previously worked at Scottish Widows and spent seven years doing research for the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and managing the UK's foreign exchange reserves. Steven graduated BAcc (Hons) in Economics and Accountancy from the University of Glasgow in 1992 and MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick in 1993.
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