Keith Shayaam-Smith is an award-winning Business Leader, Social Entrepreneur and Creative Visionary with a passion for community and business development. Keith is the CEO at 7E Youth Academy, and Chairman of The Legacy Centre of Excellence, Europe’s largest Black owned Arts and Business Centre. He is also a trustee and Chair of several professional organisations, a business mentor and advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, and has over 20 years of experience in youth engagement. His career started in the music industry at the age of 13 as a DJ and became a producer and professional artist at the age of 16. He went on to become a successful musician for 15 years, established an independent record label/distribution company and toured internationally. He is highly regarded as being an early pioneer of UK Rap and Hip-Hop music. After his career in music, Keith went on to become a serial entrepreneur with businesses within property development, security, retail, and a commodities and procurement company. He pivoted into the world of consultancy, stakeholder management and project management forming global client and partnerships list with a host of leading brands and organisations including Nike, BMG, Royal Bank of Scotland through to government and industry bodies such as the British Embassies of Gambia and Uganda, Home Office, London Metropolitan Police and Arts Council England. He is a published author having written 3 books; “The Secret Money Manual” a very popular book which focused on financial literacy, “Know The Ledge”, a book about British Black History and modern British identity pre-Brexit, and “Youth Engagement 101” a strategic manual for contemporary youth organisations.