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Sam Leighton-Smith, BA (Hons), LLB
Director - Board, Leadership and Private Equity Practices
Recent Assignments
Chair
Complex Care
UK PE
Chair
Adult Social Care
International Infrastructure
Chief Executive Officer
Surgical Hospitals
European Private Equity
Chair
MedTech
International Investors
NED
Adult Social Care
International Investors
Chair
Children’s Services
UK PE
Sam Leighton-Smith, BA (Hons), LLB
Director - Board, Leadership and Private Equity Practices
Sam is Group Managing Director at Compass Recruitment Solutions (CRS), comprising Compass Associates, Compass Executives, Compass Life Sciences and Compass Corporate Services (CCS). CRS is the largest independent recruitment and executive search consultancy for the independent Health, Care, Education and more recently Life Sciences industries.
Compass Executives was formed in 2011 to focus solely on senior executive and non executive appointments within the independent healthcare industry. Sam is part of the Board and Leadership Practice, where he is responsible for leading CXO and NED searches across Private Equity backed, and Privately Owned businesses.
Sam holds a Law and Politics degree BA (Hons), LLB from the University of Kent as well as additional qualifications in the practice of recruitment. In his spare time Sam enjoys all sports, travelling and has an active interest in current political and economic events.
To contact Sam please either call 0208 036 3530 or email [email protected]
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CLIENT VIEW
Sam went above and beyond in developing a deep understanding of the business and our requirements, and in only presenting candidates that closely met these. His focus was very sharp; particularly understanding the culture of the business. The search was speedy and well organised, with a very high standard of verbal and written feedback. Sam has granular knowledge of the sector and because of the way in which he works, we were fully involved throughout and achieved a great result.