LGIM Blog - Ross McDonald, Liquidity Investment Specialist

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Ross is an investment specialist within the Liquidity Management team. He joined LGIM in 2021 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was an executive director in the Liquidity product strategy team. He began his career at Deloitte where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Ross holds a MA in Accounting and Economics from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA charterholder.

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