Patrick Gillespie, investment specialist, is a member of the Fixed Income Investment Specialist team, with responsibility for providing fixed income support to fund managers and the global client group. Prior to his current role Patrick worked for Baillie Gifford, where he was an investment assistant on the Japanese equities and Global Alpha desks. He has been in the industry since 1993 and started with the firm in 2007. Patrick has an honours degree in Business Studies and holds the IMC and Certificate in Investments from the Securities & Investment Institute.