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Baillie Gifford China Growth TrustAnnouncement

01/02/2024 14:30

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RNS Number : 7539B  Baillie Gifford China Grwth TrstPLC  01 February 2024

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 Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc

 

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Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc (the "Company")  is pleased to
announde that Baillie Gifford & Co has, following consultation with the
Board, appointed Linda Lin as co-portfolio manager of the Company with effect
from 1 February 2024. Linda will work alongside Sophie Earnshaw, and will
replace Roderick Snell who will step away from the Company to focus on his
Emerging Market and Asia Pacific responsibilities.

Linda is an investment manager in the China Equities team and a decision maker
on Baillie Gifford's All China and China A share strategies. She is also a
member of the Long Term Global Growth team. Linda joined Baillie Gifford in
September 2014 and worked in Edinburgh until relocating to Shanghai in 2019 as
Head of the Investment Team. She became a partner of the firm in May 2022 and
is now based in Edinburgh. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, Linda spent four
years as a global equity analyst with Aubrey Capital and two years in real
estate investment in China. She graduated BComm in Accounting and Finance from
the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 and MSc in Finance and
Investment from the University of Edinburgh in 2011. Linda is a native
Mandarin speaker.

 

 

 

 

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