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Emma Sinclair MBE[1] is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur[2] and journalist.
Early life and education
Sinclair was born in Middlesex and currently splits her time between New York and London.
While still at sixth form at Haberdashers' School for Girls, she worked at McDonald’s, gaining five stars[3]. Sinclair graduated from The University of Leeds in 1998 with a BA in French, Spanish and Italian.
During her first year of university, she completed city internships at Smith New Court and Mercury Asset Management. Both companies were subsequently acquired by Merrill Lynch & Co.[4][5]
On leaving university, Sinclair joined a graduate training programme at Rothschild & Co in investment banking.[6]
Career and philanthropy
In 2005, age 29, Sinclair became the youngest person in the UK to take a company public after the property investment company Mission Capital floated on the Alternative Investment Market.[7] In 2008, Sinclair was forced out of her public company Mission Capital and lost her subsequent High Court reinstatement fight.[8][9]
In 2012, Sinclair began writing the Wonder Woman column for The Daily Telegraph.[10] She has since written for The Guardian,[11] Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal and commented on business, entrepreneurship, politics, diversity and innovation on Sunrise, ITN, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Sinclair continues to comment on international politics and advocate entrepreneurship to the UK overseas.
In 2014, Sinclair co-founded EnterpriseAlumni.
In 2016, Sinclair travelled to San Francisco to visit American billionaire Sheryl Sandberg and on to visit the mayors of Chicago and New York as part of a UK / USA trade mission to build better relationships between London and Silicon Valley.
In December 2016, she travelled to Delhi with Prime Minister Teresa May, James Dyson and British Indian entrepreneur Baron Bilimoria to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help promote better relationships between the UK and London.[12][13]
Sinclair has been a UNICEF advisor since 2014,[14] and in 2017, launched UNICEF's first crowd fund to roll out innovation labs in refugee camps in Azraq, Jordan.[15]
Honours and awards
In 2016, Sinclair was awarded an MBE[16] for Services To Entrepreneurship.
References
- ^ Sinclair, Emma (13 June 2016). "Saying well done: Britain's no-praise culture is holding our economy back". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "UCL/Business Reporter Medal for Entrepreneurship: the shortlist revealed". UCL Innovation and Enterprise. 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ Pelley, Rich (6 March 2022) “My first McJob — Emma Sinclair, founder and CEO of EnterpriseAlumni” – via www.medium.com
- ^ Perold, Andre F, Ahmed, Imran and Altschuler, Randolph B (November 1998), The New York Times “Merrill Lynch's Acquisition of Mercury Asset Management” – via www.hbs.edu
- ^ Ipsen, Erik (22 July 1995), International Herald Tribune, “Smith New Court Accepts Bid by Merrill Lynch” via www.nytimes.com
- ^ Ahuja, Vivek (8 March 2011) “Life after the City: from Rothschilds to car parks.” – via www.fnlondon.com
- ^ Williams, Henry (20 May 2021) “Who is Emma Sinclair MBE?” – via www.startups.co.uk
- ^ Doyle', David; Doyle2008-03-17T13:31:00+00:00, David Doyle David. "Mission Capital founders lose High Court reinstatement fight". Property Week. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mission ousts its rising star and founder". Financial Times. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Barnett, Emma (1 October 2012), The Independent, “Welcome to Wonder Women, new from The Telegraph” – via www.telegraph.co.uk
- ^ Sinclair, Emma (19 November 2014), The Guardian, “Advice for my younger self: face your fear of taking to the stage” – via www.theguardian.com
- ^ Sinclair, Emma (3 November 2016) “Entrepreneurship is a universal language” – via www.forbesindia.com
- ^ Ghatak, Lopamudra (1 December 2016) “In a room full of men in dark suits, it's easier to remember a woman entrepreneur: Emma Sinclair” – via www.indiatimes.com
- ^ Sinclair, Emma (21 November 2014) “From Small Seeds Grow Mighty Trees” – via www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
- ^ Sinclair, Emma “Help me unlock young refugees' potential” – via www.chuffed.org/uk
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/e/ek-eo/emma-sinclair/