Baillie Gifford challenged on lack of diversity at London conference

Private Investor Forum 2024

Baillie Gifford has been called out for failing to consider its own gender diversity levels at an event where an all-male panel presented.

At its annual Private Investor Forum, held at the IET London yesterday (11 September), a member of the audience asked if the company had "considered what impression you would give to your investors by your choice of a less than diverse panel this afternoon?". "Diversity is one of the things which is supposed to contribute to the success of companies, and I do not think that you are showing a great deal with it this afternoon," the guest asked in the Q&A portion of the presentations. 'Huge issue for money managers': The long-term fallout for asset manager sponsorship after Ba...