James Budden (pictured), director of distribution and marketing at Baillie Gifford, talks to Pedro Gonçalves about the firm's investment strategy, performance during lockdown and how disruption made opportunities ripe for the picking. How would you define Baillie Gifford's investment philosophy? We are very much long-term growth investors. And by long term, I mean five years minimum time horizon. When people invest with us, they must realise that is going to be the case. We also look for growth companies; businesses that can double their earnings over that five-year period as a minim...
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