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Join The Scotsman for their 10th Annual Scotsman Investment Conference

Posted: 15th March 2024

This year’s conference is taking place at The George Hotel in Edinburgh on 20th March and will cover a wide range of themes, such as market trends for 2024 and how investors should best position themselves,  alternative investments, the importance of sustainability and ESG and the future of AI and the impacts on long term investment.

The lineup of speakers include:

  • Tom Ham- Director at Calton Group
  • Sri Chandran- Vice President, Product Specialist & ESG Product Lead ,
  • Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity
  • Ben James- Investment Specialist Director, Baillie Gifford
  • Mark McSherry- Editor and publisher, Scottish Financial Review
  • Ola Abdul- CEO, Fundment
  • Mark Beaumonth- Partner, Eos Advisory
  • Pauline Cassie- Investor Relations Director, Par Equity
  • Lucie Majstrova, CFA- Multi-Asset and Income investment specialist, Baillie Gifford (Client Department)
  • Rhona Campbell- Chair, Investing Women Angels
  • Matthew Parkinson, CFA- Fund Manager, Waverton
  • Claire Armstrong- Scotland Managing Partner, Dentons
  • Tom Edwards- Associate Director, Savills
  • Connor Davidson- Senior Investment Analyst, North Capital

The 2024 event will be a full-day conference providing the opportunity to discuss and debate a broad spectrum of investment-related issues in the current economic climate, with a focus on the future.

We will welcome back Kim McAllister as our conference host who is a freelance business journalist and communications consultant at Connect. She presented seven series of Clever About Cash on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to a number of BBC shows including Radio 4’s Inside Science.

British cyclist, Mark Beaumont, will join Kim for a fireside chat on his experience as partner at Eos Advisory.

To find out more information on the agenda or to secure a free ticket, visit- www.scotsmaninvestment.co.uk and use PROMO code EDINCHAMBER

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