Profile
I am a board director, strategic advisor, and venture partner, operating at the intersection of private capital, business and government.
I draw on insights and a toolkit developed from my decade-long experience at the forefront of politics as a lawmaker (Member of Parliament) and Government Minister, and a decade in investment banking and business before politics.
Experience in the public and private sector has given me perspectives on the complex interaction between geopolitics, high-level policy making and financing the innovation economy.
Investment Banking - Goldman Sachs International; board director and advisor.
Subsidiary board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, providing a broad range of financial services to clients worldwide, and regulated by the Bank of England and the FCA.
Audit Committee member.
Private equity and venture capital- Renaissance Learning Inc, board director.
Owned by Blackstone, TPG, and Francisco Partners, Renaissance is a technology provider to 41,000 pre K-12 schools globally, and used by 20 million students.
Corporate strategy to help accelerate growth of the business is my focus.
Lakestar, Venture Partner / Advisor (part time) one of the largest European growth venture funds, where I focus on fund development and investment in the private/public and climate tech spaces.
Strategic advisor to Blume Equity, an award-winning, female-led growth equity fund investing in climate tech.
I began my career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where I worked on UK corporate finance and M&A advisory transactions, before joining the Equities Business, after which I was an angel investor in and developed a number of early-stage businesses.
Born in the UK , and brought up in Ghana, I read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, at Oxford University, where I was elected President of the Oxford Union.
Sam Gyimah active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Lakestar Advisors UK LLP | Private Equity Investor | 01/02/2022 |
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
Renaissance Learning, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. | Director/Board Member | - |
Blume Equity LLP
Blume Equity LLP Investment ManagersFinance Blume Equity LLP (Blume Equity) is a private equity firm founded by Eleanor Blagbrough, Michelle Capiod, and Clare Murray. The firm is headquartered in London, England. | Director/Board Member | 01/05/2020 |
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Lakestar Advisors UK LLP | Finance |
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
Renaissance Learning, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. | Technology Services |
Blume Equity LLP
Blume Equity LLP Investment ManagersFinance Blume Equity LLP (Blume Equity) is a private equity firm founded by Eleanor Blagbrough, Michelle Capiod, and Clare Murray. The firm is headquartered in London, England. | Finance |
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