About the speaker

Ross is an investment manager in the Durable Growth Team and joined Baillie Gifford in 2019. He became deputy manager of The Scottish American Investment Company PLC (SAINTS) in August 2023. Previously, Ross spent a year at Aviva Investors and prior to that nine years at Standard Life Investments as an investment manager, first in the European Equity Team and latterly in the Global Equity Team. Ross is a CFA Charterholder and graduated MA (Hons) in Business and Finance from Heriot-Watt University in 2008.
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