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Sam Grey has over two decades of experience in marketing and communications roles. Sam currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at LDC, a trusted investment partner. Prior to this role, they held the position of Director of Marketing & Communications at LDC for five years.
Before joining LDC, Sam worked at Arvato UK for six years, where they established and led strategic marketing and communications activities. Sam also held various roles at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, including VP of International Client Service, Client Service Director, and Head of UK Business Development. Sam started their career at Edelman PR Worldwide, where they spent five years as Senior Account Manager, working in the Business and Technology division.
Sam also has experience in the telecommunications industry, having served as B2B PR Manager at Orange. Additionally, Sam worked as EMEA PR Manager for HP, leading a PR program for the Imaging and Printing division.
Throughout their career, Sam has successfully built marketing and communications functions, led teams of professionals, and delivered branding, positioning, messaging, and communications strategies. Sam has received recognition for their work, including winning excellence awards and shaping transnational client service cultures.
Sam Grey's education history is as follows:
From 1995 to 1998, Sam attended Lancaster University and earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in American Studies. During this time, Sam also spent a year studying at The University of Colorado.
In 1996, Sam enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder, continuing to pursue a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in American Studies. Sam completed a first-class dissertation on the assassination of J.F. Kennedy during the 1996-1997 academic year.
Prior to attending university, Sam attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Sixth Form from 1993 to 1995. No specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.
From 1988 to 1993, Sam attended Walshaw High School in Burnley, which was Sam's earliest educational experience mentioned. No specific degree or field of study is provided for this period either.
In addition to the above educational experiences, Sam obtained a certification in Sustainability Essentials for Business from the University of Cambridge in July 2022.
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For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. Part of Lloyds Banking Group, our experience, scale, and relationship-based approach have helped hundreds of management teams across the UK to grow their businesses, their way. Since 2012, the businesses we’ve supported have grown four times more than the national average, increasing in value by a cumulative £7bn. We offer strategic support, challenge when necessary and provide flexible growth capital as either minority or majority shareholders. This means we can help management teams to deliver a range of different growth strategies – including making acquisitions, investing in operations or sales and marketing, broadening products and services, or expanding overseas. With a national network of 10 offices, our teams live and work right across the UK. By combining local relationships with national scale, we’re able to build trusted relationships from day one. Our experience has seen us invest in companies across more than 50 sub-sectors, supporting the whole of the UK economy, through good times and bad.