Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar is an experienced investment manager currently serving as Lead Manager for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon and Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies Fund, as well as Deputy Manager for Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and Co-Manager for Baillie Gifford International Small Cap Fund since joining Baillie Gifford in September 2008. Previous experience includes a consultancy role at Lloyds Bank, where Praveen developed a credit card delinquency forecasting model, and a consultancy project at BT focused on a marketing strategy for the "Thin Client" product. Additional roles included consulting at FKI Logistex for supply chain optimization and software engineering at Keane International Inc. Praveen holds an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School and a BE in Computer Science from Kalpataru Institute of Technology.