James is currently a partner at Lingotto Investment Management and Chair of Kinnevik AB in Sweden. He was a partner of Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh for over 35 years and for over twenty years Manager and Joint Manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, which became the UK’s largest and part of the FTSE 100. He was also the lead manager of the Baillie Gifford portion of the Vanguard International Growth fund for almost 20 years.  James is principally interested in loyally backing companies engaged in innovative change throughout the world. In this connection he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Kay Review into UK equity markets and long-term decision making in 2011-12.

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James graduated from University College Oxford, where he is a Foundation Fellow, before postgraduate study in Italy and Canada. He is a Trustee of the Johns Hopkins University and a member of its Investment Committee. James is also Chairman of the Panmure Prize given in honour of Adam Smith and awarded at his last home.