Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Class B - Accumulation (GBP)

Michael joined Baillie Gifford in 2013 and is an Investment Manager in the Long Term Global Growth Team. He is a CFA Charterholder. Michael graduated BA (Hons) in Classics from the University of Cambridge in 2007 before gaining an MLitt (2009) and PhD (2013) in Iranian Studies from the University of St Andrews.

Gemma joined Baillie Gifford in September 2017. She is currently a decision maker in the Long Term Global Growth Team and one of the managers of the Global Outliers strategy. She graduated MA in Modern History from The University of Durham in 2017. Prior to this, Gemma also graduated BA (Hons) in History and BA double major in History and Philosophy from Rhodes University in South Africa.

Mark is the head of the Long Term Global Growth Team, a strategy which he co-founded in 2003. He is also an investment manager on the China A-share Team. Mark joined Baillie Gifford in 1996, initially working as an Investment Analyst and Manager in the US, UK and Japanese Equities teams. He became a Partner in 2004. Mark graduated BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford in 1992 and spent a year at Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar in 1993 before completing a PhD in Politics with a thesis on Nationalism in the EU at the University of Edinburgh in 1996.

John is an Investment Manager and member of the Long Term Global Growth (LTGG) and China A-share Teams. He has been a Partner in the firm since 2016. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and after a year in the North American department John joined the Japanese team where, from 2007 onwards, he managed the Shin Nippon Investment Trust which invests in high growth, small and medium sized companies. In 2011 John moved to the Global Discovery team which focuses on identifying rapidly growing, innovation led, smaller businesses from around the world. During this period, he had a particular focus on unearthing new investment opportunities in Emerging Markets, and Asia in particular. He joined the LTGG team in 2015. John spent two years in Shanghai as Chairman of Baillie Gifford's China office before returning to Edinburgh in January 2022. John graduated MA in Ancient & Modern History from the University of Oxford in 2000.