Alan James Lander

Walter Scott & Partners Ltd. (Walter Scott) is an investment management firm headquartered in Edinburgh, UK. The firm was founded by Walter G. Scott in 1983 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon International Asset Management Holdings No. 1 Ltd., ultimately owned by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. Prior to October 2006 and the acquisition by Mellon Financial Corporation, the firm was independently owned. Walter Scott provides discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors in the form of separate accounts, registered mutual funds, pooled investment vehicles and other funds.