Sam Baldwin

Managing Director Global Head of Strategic Equity Solutions @Santander

London, GB

Building the business from the ground up to currently a €150MM+ investment banking revenue unit, managing a global team based across Asia, Europe and the Americas. I lead a business designed to aid group clients that have equity exposures (of both public and private equity) across the ownership lifecycle. Other achievements include: Grew the business through customer selection, retention and delivery, recruiting over 20 senior professionals globally and developing a full product suite in the face of challenges, including regulatory, operational and IT Set up an entire ecosystem of advisory and execution for complex client situations, utilising state-of-the-art financial solutions and incorporating best-in-class practices for opportunity procurement and risk management Built requisite infrastructure foundations by nurturing trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, including front-office sales and trading mandates, operational support and operational frameworks. I liaised with divisional and group CROs and CEOs to enable business foundations and grow organically Built and designed the full team infrastructure around the business, critically redesigning risk and control functions for the business, and adapting trading desks and risk models to ensure transactions were captured and managed

Imperial College London

MEng, Chemical Engineering

Seaford College

A Level & GCSE