Sam Gyimah Keynote Speaker

  • Keynote speaker and former Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education
  • Board Director, Goldman Sachs International
  • Advisor to investors, entrepreneurs and podcast host, the Geopolitics of Business

Sam Gyimah's Biography

Sam Gyimah is a keynote speaker who has had a foot in two worlds throughout his professional life: business with a Wall Street bank and as an entrepreneur, politics as a lawmaker and UK Government Minister and now advisor to global financial institutions and entrepreneurs.

Alongside his strategic advisory work through SG&, a firm he founded in 2020, Sam serves on the Boards of Goldman Sachs International, Cambridge University Endowment Trust and Oxford University Innovation.

He is the host of the Geopolitics of Business podcast, the show where he interviews CEO’s, investors, and political leaders to explore what happens when business and politics collide and how leaders respond.

Sam was the Member of Parliament for East Surrey from 2010-19; and served in several departments including, the Cabinet Office, Higher Education, Innovation, Science and Research with responsibility for an £8bn R&D budget.  He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister, David Cameron and attended Cabinet.

Sam began his career in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in London, where he worked on pan-European corporate finance and M&A advisory transactions, before joining the Equities business, focusing on equities sales and institutional client relationships. Before entering politics, Sam was an angel investor in early-stage businesses.

Born in the UK and raised in Ghana, Sam earned an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University in 1999, where he was elected President of the Oxford Union Society, the worlds largest debating society.

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Sam Gyimah's Speaking Topics

  • Politics

  • Geopolitics

  • Intersection of technology, innovation and higher education

  • Unlocking capital for proactive assets

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Leadership

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Videos of Sam Gyimah

Humanity Rewritten - #FIIPRIORITY Day 2
Humanity Rewritten - #FIIPRIORITY Day 2
Sam Gyimah: Why Tech and Politics Must Work Together
Sam Gyimah: Why Tech and Politics Must Work Together
Universities Minister Sam Gyimah MP visits BU
Universities Minister Sam Gyimah MP visits BU

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