Douglas Scott, investment manager, is a member of the global equities team with responsibility for managing several equity portfolios. In addition, Douglas has analysis duties for the non-life insurance, tobacco, real estate, utilities, beverages and oil services sectors. Prior to his current role, Douglas worked for Investec where he was a stockbroker specialising in the telecoms sector and, prior to that, worked for TRW and Abbey National in their UK equity teams. He has been in the industry since 1996 and started with the firm in 2003. Douglas has a 1st Class Honours degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Glasgow and a Diploma in Actuarial Science from Heriot-Watt University.