Samantha Levy

Samantha Levy is a Principal at ghSMART, where she advises private equity investors, hedge fund managers, and corporate clients on their most pressing leadership challenges. She partners with senior leaders to help maximize success through executive talent assessment, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

Sam’s previous professional experience spans high-growth corporations, management consulting, and investment banking. Most recently, Sam spent five years at Harry’s, a DTC startup in the men’s grooming space that has grown into an omnichannel, multi-brand CPG company. She joined Harry’s Strategy team, where she advised leaders on commercial and operational priorities and led projects from ideation through early execution. Sam then joined the Harry’s Retail team, where she created the Sales Strategy and Planning function and scaled the organization to support a growing brick-and-mortar presence for multiple Harry’s, Inc. personal care brands.

Prior to Harry’s, Sam was a Consultant in the New York office of Bain & Company, the global management consulting firm. While at Bain, she served private equity investors and Fortune 500 companies across industries on topics related to strategy, operating model effectiveness, and market due diligence. She began her career as an investment banking Analyst at Barclays, where she advised companies on capital allocation and strategic risk management.

Sam earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Yale, where she double majored in Economics and Cognitive Science.