About the speaker

Investment Manager
Alistair is an investment manager in the Durable Growth Team. He rejoined Baillie Gifford in 2025 and previously he spent a year at Wesleyan overseeing various funds including its Income fund. Prior to that, Alistair was head of Equities at Aviva Investors and Head of Global Emerging Markets at Standard Life Investments. Alistair started his career at Baillie Gifford, serving 13 years in our European and Japanese Equities teams. He holds an honours degree in Economics from Cambridge University.
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