Receive regular emails, including manager updates, insights articles, podcasts and event invites.
SubscribeAbout 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 insights
International opportunities: creative destruction
Paulina McPadden explores how creative destruction can reshape international markets and create long-term investment opportunities.May 2026
Video|33 minutes
Why Baillie Gifford for emerging markets
Qian Zhang explains Baillie Gifford’s long-term approach to investing in emerging markets.May 2026
Video|3 minutes
Emerging markets companies are innovators, not imitators
Andrew Keiller tells how emerging markets innovators are rewriting the old playbook.May 2026
Video|3 minutes
