Bridging the gap between private and public markets – Baillie Gifford – 6.17.25

January 18, 2024

Overview:

Title: Bridging the gap between private and public markets

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

How are advisors unlocking growth opportunities in private markets? Baillie Gifford Investment Managers Robert Natzler (Private Companies) and Paulina McPadden (Public International Equities) explore how a collaborative investment approach supports companies transitioning from private to public markets.

Join Robert and Paulina in a candid discussion on:

Insights into Baillie Gifford’s journey in private market investing since 2012
How deep research, early relationship-building, and long-term thinking support investment success post-IPO
Real-world examples showing the crossover benefits between private and public market teams

Accepted for 1 CFP/ IWI / CFA CE Credit

Speakers:

Paulina McPadden Investment Manager Baillie Gifford

Paulina is a co-manager of International Concentrated Growth Strategy and is an investment manager in our Discovery Team. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2013. She has previously worked with regional and global equities teams. Paulina graduated with an MA (Hons) in Arabic and Politics from the University of Edinburgh in 2013.

Robert Natzler Investment Manager Baillie Gifford

Rob is a member of the Private Companies Team at Baillie Gifford. He joined the firm in 2015 and worked on our Emerging Markets and UK Equity Teams before moving to Long Term Global Growth. There he focused on finding stocks for a set of highly concentrated long-term international growth portfolios. He also began working on private companies, in the context of both private funding rounds and existing holdings approaching IPO. In 2018 he moved to our Private Companies Team to work full-time on identifying high growth late-stage private companies. He has led research on private companies including Tanium, Niantic, Sana, Flixbus and Away, as well as doing follow-up work on pre-existing portfolio holdings. He is working to develop a best-in-class research culture and company support strategy on the team. Rob graduated BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford in 2014.