Sam Gyimah

Sam serves as a non-executive director at Goldman Sachs International. He also serves on the board of Oxford University Innovation, the spin-out arm of the University that commercialized Vaccitech, the technology platform behind the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Alongside his board roles, Sam is a venture partner at Lakestar Advisors, a pan-European multi-stage technology venture capital fund.

Before returning to business in 2020, Sam was a UK politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for East Surrey from 2010 through to 2019. During his time as a lawmaker, Sam was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street, attended Cabinet and was a government minister in four departments including Education, the Cabinet Office, Justice, and Minister for International Science, Technology, Innovation, and Higher Education.