John Gilmore is an impact equities portfolio manager and stewardship, sustainability and impact specialist. He joined Martin Currie in 2019 as a portfolio manager and analyst. Since 2020, his role has had an emphasis on supporting the firm’s capability and leadership position in stewardship and sustainability, the latest chapter of which is the launch of the Improving Society Strategy.

Gilmore has almost two decades of investment experience, beginning his career as an investment analyst at Alliance Trust Co, in 2004 before moving to Aegon Asset Management as a portfolio manager where he managed U.S. and global equity mandates. He later moved to Newton Investment Management as an investment analyst and portfolio manager in its global equity team, which included helping develop and implement its sustainable investment and enhanced environmental, social and governance integration process for a new suite of sustainable funds.

Gilmore graduated with a master’s in international relations from St. Andrews University, which included a year at Queen’s University. He’s a chartered financial analyst charterholder and has also completed the CFA certificate in ESG investing and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s fundamentals of sustainability accounting. Gilmore lives in Edinburgh with his wife and three daughters.