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Emma Sinclair MBE^[1] is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur^[2] and journalist.

Early life and education

Emma Sinclair grew up in London, where she still resides. She read her father the share prices from the age of four to 18 on her way to school. She credits that with her love of stock markets, business and entrepreneurial life.^{[citation needed]} She studied French, Spanish and Italian at Leeds University, graduating with a BA in Modern Languages.

Her first job was working in McDonald's where she gained five stars during school. She subsequently worked in bars and restaurants through university. She also completed two City internships in companies subsequently acquired by Merrill Lynch, unusually in her first year not final year of University, which gave her a taste of finance and City life. On leaving university she joined a graduate training programme in Investment Banking.^{[citation needed]}

Career and philanthropy

Sinclair is a co-founder of EnterpriseAlumni. Their software, EnterpriseAlumni, is used in the corporate alumni networks of some of the world's largest companies.

A speaker and media commentator, Sinclair started The Wonder Woman column^[3] in 2012 for the Daily Telegraph, regularly writes for newspapers and comments on television on business,^[4] entrepreneurship, politics, diversity and innovation. A former investment banker, she is the youngest person to take a business public, having floated her business on the London Stock Exchange at the age of 29.^[5]^[6]

In 2008, Sinclair was ousted from her public company, Mission Capital, for "consistent failures to achieve company forecasts’ and a failure to disclose financial information" and was unsuccessful in her legal bid for reinstatement.^[7]^[8]

Sinclair comments about international politics^[9] and represents the UK overseas.^{[clarification needed]} People she visited in 2016 include Sheryl Sandberg and the mayors of New York, Chicago and London. She also travelled to Delhi^[10] on a trade mission which included the British and Indian Prime Ministers and British entrepreneur James Dyson.^{[citation needed]}

A believer in the importance of having other interests,^[11] she has been a UNICEF advisor since 2014 ^[12] and in 2017 she launched UNICEF's first crowd fund^[13] to roll out innovation labs in refugee camps.

Honours and awards

In 2016, Sinclair was awarded an MBE^[14] for services to entrepreneurship at Buckingham Palace.

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.
^ Barnett, Emma (1 October 2012). "Welcome to Wonder Women, new from The Telegraph". Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ Čeština (7 March 2016). "Opinion in CityAm: Sunday trading hours: Why the campaign against changes to the law is bonkers". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ Isaac, Anna (10 October 2016). "Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair: 'Family dinners are board meetings'". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ Sinclair, Emma (19 November 2014). "Advice for my younger self: face your fear of taking to the stage". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ [https://www.ft.com/content/46a4c47e-db27-11dc-9fdd-0000779fd2ac
^ Doyle, David (17 March 2008). "Mission Capital founders lose High Court reinstatement fight". Property Week. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "ES Views: Theresa May made the right call over the election". 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Entrepreneurship is a universal language – Forbes India". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "EGi – News Article – The benefit of side effects". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "From Small Seeds Grow Mighty Trees". HuffPost UK. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Help me unlock young refugees' potential". Chuffed. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Emma Sinclair MBE on Instagram: #ThisJustIn #VeryConservativeShoes @lisalefti 👠". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[1] 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.

[2] "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.

[3] Barnett, Emma (1 October 2012). "Welcome to Wonder Women, new from The Telegraph". Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[4] Čeština (7 March 2016). "Opinion in CityAm: Sunday trading hours: Why the campaign against changes to the law is bonkers". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[5] Isaac, Anna (10 October 2016). "Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair: 'Family dinners are board meetings'". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[6] Sinclair, Emma (19 November 2014). "Advice for my younger self: face your fear of taking to the stage". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[7] [https://www.ft.com/content/46a4c47e-db27-11dc-9fdd-0000779fd2ac

[8] Doyle, David (17 March 2008). "Mission Capital founders lose High Court reinstatement fight". Property Week. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[9] "ES Views: Theresa May made the right call over the election". 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[10] "Entrepreneurship is a universal language – Forbes India". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[11] "EGi – News Article – The benefit of side effects". Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[12] "From Small Seeds Grow Mighty Trees". HuffPost UK. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[13] "Help me unlock young refugees' potential". Chuffed. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[14] "Emma Sinclair MBE on Instagram: #ThisJustIn #VeryConservativeShoes @lisalefti 👠". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

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 A speaker and media commentator, Sinclair started The Wonder Woman column<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9571873/Welcome-to-Wonder-Women-new-from-The-Telegraph.html|title=Welcome to Wonder Women, new from The Telegraph|first=Emma|last=Barnett|date=1 October 2012|accessdate=8 October 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918143122/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9571873/Welcome-to-Wonder-Women-new-from-The-Telegraph.html|archivedate=18 September 2017}}</ref> in 2012 for the ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Daily Telegraph]]'', regularly writes for newspapers and comments on television on business,<ref>{{cite web|author=Čeština |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opinion-cityam-sunday-trading-hours-why-campaign-against-sinclair/ |title=Opinion in CityAm: Sunday trading hours: Why the campaign against changes to the law is bonkers |publisher=LinkedIn |date=2016-03-07 |accessdate=2018-02-08}}</ref> entrepreneurship, politics, diversity and innovation. A former [[investment banking|investment banker]], she is the youngest person to take a business public, having floated her business on the [[London Stock Exchange]] at the age of 29.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Isaac |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business/entrepreneur-emma-sinclair-interview/ |title=Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair: 'Family dinners are board meetings' |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=10 October 2016 |accessdate=4 February 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100717/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business/entrepreneur-emma-sinclair-interview/ |archivedate=5 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Emma |last=Sinclair |url=https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2014/nov/19/advice-for-younger-self-emma-sinclair-public-speaking |title=Advice for my younger self: face your fear of taking to the stage |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 November 2014 |accessdate=4 February 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205103428/https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2014/nov/19/advice-for-younger-self-emma-sinclair-public-speaking |archivedate=5 February 2017 }}</ref>
+In 2008, Sinclair was ousted from her public company, ''Mission Capital'',  for "''consistent failures to achieve company forecasts’ and a failure to disclose financial information"'' and was unsuccessful in her legal bid for reinstatement.<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/46a4c47e-db27-11dc-9fdd-0000779fd2ac</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Doyle |first1=David |title=Mission Capital founders lose High Court reinstatement fight |url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/mission-capital-founders-lose-high-court-reinstatement-fight-/3108990.article |access-date=10 November 2021 |publisher=Property Week |date=17 March 2008}}</ref>
-Sinclair comments about international politics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/es-views-theresa-may-made-the-right-call-over-the-election-a3522526.html|title=ES Views: Theresa May made the right call over the election|date=24 April 2017|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032843/https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/es-views-theresa-may-made-the-right-call-over-the-election-a3522526.html|archivedate=17 September 2017}}</ref> and represents the UK overseas.{{clarify|date=February 2021}} People she visited in 2016 include Sheryl Sandberg and the mayors of New York, Chicago and London. She also travelled to Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/entrepreneurship-is-a-universal-language/44691/1|title=Entrepreneurship is a universal language – Forbes India|website=Forbes India|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916182304/http://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/entrepreneurship-is-a-universal-language/44691/1|archivedate=16 September 2017}}</ref> on a trade mission which included the British and Indian Prime Ministers and British entrepreneur James Dyson.{{cn|date=February 2021}}. In 2021, she was appointed to the G7 GEAC Council by the UK Prime Minister<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.g7uk.org/g7-gender-equality-advisory-council-membership-announced/|archivedate=9 April 2021 }}</ref>
+Sinclair comments about international politics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/es-views-theresa-may-made-the-right-call-over-the-election-a3522526.html|title=ES Views: Theresa May made the right call over the election|date=24 April 2017|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032843/https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/es-views-theresa-may-made-the-right-call-over-the-election-a3522526.html|archivedate=17 September 2017}}</ref> and represents the UK overseas.{{clarify|date=February 2021}} People she visited in 2016 include Sheryl Sandberg and the mayors of New York, Chicago and London. She also travelled to Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/entrepreneurship-is-a-universal-language/44691/1|title=Entrepreneurship is a universal language – Forbes India|website=Forbes India|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916182304/http://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/entrepreneurship-is-a-universal-language/44691/1|archivedate=16 September 2017}}</ref> on a trade mission which included the British and Indian Prime Ministers and British entrepreneur James Dyson.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
 A believer in the importance of having other interests,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egi.co.uk/news/the-benefit-of-side-effects/|title=EGi – News Article – The benefit of side effects|publisher=|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref> she has been a [[UNICEF]] advisor since 2014 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-sinclair/unicef-uk-business_b_6198362.html|title=From Small Seeds Grow Mighty Trees|website=HuffPost UK|date=21 November 2014|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225140/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-sinclair/unicef-uk-business_b_6198362.html|archivedate=16 September 2017}}</ref> and in 2017 she launched UNICEF's first crowd fund<ref>{{Cite web|title=Help me unlock young refugees' potential|url=https://www.chuffed.org/project/helpemmahelpunicef|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Chuffed|language=en}}</ref> to roll out innovation labs in refugee camps.