Speakers
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Alasdair McHugh Investment Director - Baillie GiffordAlasdair is an investment director on our Sustainable Growth Strategy. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 as a graduate trainee and initially focussed on the UK market and our longest-standing pooled vehicle, The Baillie Gifford Managed Fund. In 2015 Alasdair became a founding member of our Sustainable Growth Team where he now chairs the strategy’s Product Group. Since joining the firm, he has also been involved with internal environmental sustainability groups, looking at the firm’s own climate credentials and considering strategic positioning in an increasingly complex field. Alasdair previously trained as a Chartered Management Accountant after graduating from the University of Dundee in 2006.
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Clare Erskine-Murray Client Relationship Manager - Baillie Gifford
Clare is a client relationship director with responsibility for a number of UK-based clients investing in a range of strategies. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford in 2012, she worked as a European Equity broker at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux and at Cazenove & Co, both in London and New York. Clare graduated BA (Hons) in French from the University of Durham in 1992 and holds a postgraduate diploma from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
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Michael O'Rourke Institutional Investor Relationships, EMEA - World Gold Council
Michael joined the World Gold Council in 2023, and sits within the Institutional Investor Relationships team. Michael works with investors across the EMEA region to develop their understanding of gold as an asset class and the benefits of including a strategic allocation within their portfolio. Michael’s background is in investment consulting, having previously worked at Aon for 6 years advising predominantly UK Defined Benefit pension schemes on their investment strategy. Michael has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of York, and is a CFA charter holder.
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Jaspar Crawley Head of Institutional Investor Relationships, APAC ex-China - World Gold Council
Jaspar is the Head of Institutional Investor Relationships, APAC ex-China and joined the World Gold Council in August 2018. Jaspar is responsible for building long-term relationships with institutional gold investors.
Jaspar has over 15 years’ experience in the gold industry and related fields, working as a precious metals sales trader at UBS and Deutsche Bank. Formerly a Captain in the British Army, Jaspar holds a degree in History (BA Hons) from Newcastle University, the STA Diploma in Technical Analysis, is a CAIA charter holder and is undertaking an MBA at Oxford University.
