About the speakers
Ben joined Baillie Gifford in July 2015. He is a director, US Equity investment specialist and member of our US Equity Product Group. Before his career in finance, Ben was an infantry officer in the British Army for eight years. During his service he completed two combat tours of Afghanistan and achieved a Masters in International Development with a focus on sustainable investing from The University of Birmingham. Prior to this, Ben spent four years working as a professional musician, having previously graduated BMus (Hons) in Music, also from The University of Birmingham, in 2003.
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