About the speakers

Luke is an investment manager in the Private Companies Team and a co-manager for the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust which invests in both public and private companies. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2012 and, prior to joining the Private Companies Team full-time in 2024, was an investment manager in the Discovery Team. Luke graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2012 with an MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.
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