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# Podcast: Emma Smith
- URL: https://www.earned-first.com/podcast-emma-smith/
- Published: 2025-06-14T09:27:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-16T04:27:31.000Z
- Description: Sandpiper founder discusses why an Asian PR firm has global aspirations.
- Author: Arun Sudhaman
- Tags: Earned First Podcast

Emma Smith joins the Earned First podcast to discuss how her fast-growing corporate consultancy, Sandpiper, is aiming to elevate Asian PR onto the global stage. Smith, who has been based in Asia for 30+ years, also recounts her journey with seminal PR firms Forrest and Weber Shandwick, her pioneering MBO from MHP that launched Sandpiper, and her bullish ambitions for the firm as it continues to grow from Asia.

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