Sam Smith is founder and former CEO of finnCap Group and author of The Secret Sauce. 

She was the first female chief executive of a City stockbroking firm and has worked on over 200 transactions, IPOs and secondary fundraisings. Under her leadership, finnCap became a leading advisory firm for the business of tomorrow. Sam is now an adviser to scale-up businesses and a non-executive director on the board of Sumer Group Ltd.

Sam’s new book, The Secret Sauce explores how empathetic leadership can help superscale any business and empower the company’s talent.