BOOM Inner Circle – London | Fireside Chat with Gary Goldsmith | June 2026

Join founders, CEOs and senior business leaders for a private dining experience at Smith & Wollensky, London, featuring a fireside conversation with special guest Gary Goldsmith.

BOOM Inner Circle is a smaller, curated dining experience designed for leaders who value stronger conversations, better relationships and spending time around ambitious people who genuinely understand the realities of business growth, leadership and decision-making.

On Tuesday 2 June, we’re bringing together a carefully selected group of business owners and senior leaders for an evening of thoughtful conversation, premium dining and meaningful connection in the Theodore Roosevelt private dining room at Smith & Wollensky, London.

Only a very limited number of seats are available.

Special Guest: Gary Goldsmith

Gary Goldsmith was part of the founding team behind what became one of the fastest-growing staffing businesses in the world and played a key role in the international growth and IPO journey of SThree.

Today, he is an award-winning business coach, mentor and NED with more than 10,000 hours of advisory experience and over 100 client success stories.

He is also Co-Founder of RDLC Pirates and creator of The Mentalist Entrepreneur philosophy, focused on deliberately different thinking, disruption, leadership and scalable growth.

The Conversation

This Inner Circle evening will centre around a fireside conversation with Gary, alongside open discussion around the table with attendees.

Topics are likely to include:

• Scaling businesses rapidly without losing control
• Leadership capability as companies grow
• Sales culture, performance and accountability
• The psychology of ambitious founders
• Building scalable, investable businesses
• Leadership, pressure and decision-making at scale

Expect honest conversation, practical insight and experienced perspectives shaped by real-world business growth.

Not theory. Not posturing. Not surface-level networking.

Just a stronger room and a better conversation.

The Experience

The evening takes place in the Theodore Roosevelt private dining room at Smith & Wollensky, London.

Your ticket includes:

• Welcome drink on arrival
• Premium private dining experience
• Wine served with dinner
• Beer and soft drinks throughout the evening

The aim is simple:

A strong room. A beautiful setting. And a conversation worth being there for.

Hosted by Paul Bulloch & Gary Dawes

The evening is curated and hosted by Paul Bulloch and Gary Dawes, co-creators of BOOM.

Their role is to shape the room well, guide the discussion intelligently and ensure the evening remains valuable, relaxed and genuinely enjoyable for everyone attending.

Because the quality of evenings like this is not just the venue or the food. It’s who is around the table, what gets discussed and how the room is held.

Evening Schedule

18:30 – Arrival drinks & introductions
19:15 – Guests seated for dinner
20:00 – Fireside conversation with Gary Goldsmith
20:35 – Leadership discussion & conversation around the table
21:30 – Official close

Many guests continue conversations afterwards.

Tickets & Access

First-Time Access £195 + VAT

BOOM Inner Circle is intentionally limited and curated to protect the quality of the room, the conversation and the overall experience for attendees.

If you value stronger conversations, better relationships and being around ambitious people who think differently, this is exactly what BOOM Inner Circle is designed for.

Info: Agenda

6:30 PM — Arrival & Welcome Drinks
Guests arrive at Vintry & Mercer for a relaxed welcome drink and informal introductions before dinner.

7:00 PM — Guests Seated for Dinner
Guests will be seated promptly for the three-course private dining experience.

7:10 PM — Inner Circle Roundtable Conversation
The evening’s discussion begins around the theme:

When Growth Starts to Break Things

A candid conversation between business owners, directors and senior leaders on the real pressures that come with growth — leadership bandwidth, scaling teams, systems breaking and decision-making under pressure.

Hosted by Paul Bulloch and Gary Dawes, guiding introductions and conversation around the table.

9:00 PM — Close

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Smith & Wollensky, 1-11 John Adam Street, London, United Kingdom

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