Mirbahram Azimbayli has managed this fund for 6 months.

Mirbahram is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is lead manager of the Developed Asia portfolios. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2018. Prior to joining the team, Mirbahram spent time working in the Global Alpha and Global Income Growth teams at Baillie Gifford. He graduated BSc in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2016 and an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Oxford in 2018.

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Iain McCombie has managed this fund for 7 years and 7 months.

Iain is the head of our UK Equity Team and lead manager of the UK Core Strategy. He is also the joint manager on our flagship Managed Strategy, which he has been involved in since 2000. Iain joined Baillie Gifford in 1994 and became a partner of the firm in 2005. He has previously spent time on the US Equities Team. Iain graduated MA in Accountancy from the University of Aberdeen and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

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Stephen Paice has managed this fund for 6 years .

Stephen is head of the European Equity Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2005, and became a partner of the firm in 2024. Stephen has been involved in running the European portion of the Global Core Strategy and Managed Strategy since 2019, as well as a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group. Prior to joining the team he spent time in the US, UK Smaller Companies and Japanese equities teams. Stephen graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Financial Mathematics in 2005.

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Kirsty Gibson has managed this fund for 3 years and 7 months.

Kirsty is an investment manager in the US Equity Growth Team. She has been involved in running the North American portfolio of the Managed Fund and Global Core Fund since 2021. Prior to joining the US Equity Growth Team, Kirsty also spent several years in the small and large-cap global equities departments. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2012. She graduated MA (Hons) in Economics in 2011 and MSc in Carbon Management in 2012, both from the University of Edinburgh.

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Andrew Stobart has managed this fund for 7 years and 7 months.

Andrew is an investment manager in the Emerging Markets Equity Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 1991, and prior to joining the team in 2007, he has also spent time working in our UK, Japanese, and North American Equity teams. Andrew has been involved in running the Emerging Markets portion of the Managed Fund since 2012. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he previously spent three years working in investment banking in London. Andrew graduated MA in economics from the University of Cambridge in 1987.

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