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Dawn joined Baillie Gifford in 2018 and is a client relationship director . Prior to Baillie Gifford she spent eight years working with Kames Capital, as a Client Communications Consultant and latterly as an Investment Specialist in the Fixed Income Team. Dawn is a CFA Charterholder and graduated MA in Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh in 2010.

Piers is a client relationship director in the Clients Department where he is responsible for business development, he joined Baillie Gifford in 2007. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he spent 15 years in derivatives as a director of NatWest Markets, Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank AG, he co-founded Barrie & Hibbert’s Solutions Group, the Risk Management Consultancy Company part owned by Goldman Sachs. Piers graduated BSc in Chemistry from the University of Essex and obtained an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Business School. He is an elected member of the Expert Witness Institute and has acted as an adviser to the FCA.
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