DR. BABY SAM SAAMUEL

Baby Sam Saamuel is a leader & mentor with 20+ years of International, cross-functional, multi-cultural expertise. His top management experiences cut across corporate businesses, non-profits and social enterprises, in diverse fields such as technology, media, education, youth development & community welfare. His unique straddling of both the corporate world & the social sector enables him to be an apt arbitrator in corporate-social sector partnerships.

He is currently based in the Sultanate of Oman but is involved in organizations & projects functional in India and Oman. Social support and community development is something he has been passionate about for long. He is committed to the causes of -

• Economic diversification through the strengthening of SME's
• Social Betterment through outreach and social enterprises; and
• Creation of a knowledge-based society through education & upskilling

Dr. Saamuel's core expertise is in brand recognition, business development, turnaround management and crisis management, gained through the cross-cultural experiences amassed over 2 decades in senior management roles. This cuts across various for-profit & non-profit sectors, particularly IT, Education and Advertising & Digital Media. He strives to bring the social element to businesses and the business element to social enterprises.

Professionally, he is at present the General Manager & Business Designer for the IT system integrator Intertech LLC; the Organization Mentor for the media house Trifoil Advertising & Publishing SAOC, and the Mentor for Studio.T, Muscat. Additionally, as a Consultant, Dr. Saamuel offers key focus in Tactic & Strategic Management, Strategic marketing consultancy, Branding, Innovation consulting and Turnaround management. He has been instrumental in the turnaround of various organizations in and around the region.

He is also very passionate about social empowerment and this reflects in his business decisions as well, since a major emphasis of work as Business Consultant and Business Mentor is in supporting and promoting small enterprises, particularly those with potential for community impact, such as social enterprises.

He is the President of Anjappam Charitable Trust , a social enterprise that is serving the hungry through a chain of economy restaurants in India that provide free access to good food to all, regardless of financial limitations.

In Oman, he is involved with Knowledge Oman - the largest voluntary initiative in the Sultanate, in their initiative to spread knowledge and impart education, in line with the vision of late HM Sultan Qaboos into creating a knowledge-based society. He is at present the Vice-Chairman and a Director of the Board and has been a part of KO since 2012 in various capacities, including Senior Vice-President of Knowledge Oman and Head of the Coaching & Mentoring Unit. As the nation now strives to achieve Vision 2040, Knowledge Oman, with its team of diversely skilled volunteers has been partnering with international and national changemakers to effect grassroots level upskilling & transformation.

Dr. Baby Sam Saamuel has been the Chairman of the Board of Indian Schools in Oman, a consortium of 21 Indian schools (and two special education facilities) spread across the Sultanate, since 2018 and has led the schooling system in a transformation from rat-race education to holistic education. He also steered the schooling system during its biggest challenge, the Covid-19 pandemic. His leadership saw the schools seamlessly migrate to remote instructions during school closures. He ensured the financial viability of this non-profit community schooling system while also sustaining parents and students with financial, psychological and other support. Before assuming post as Chairman, he was a Director of the Indian School Board for the term 2016-2018, offering his services as an elected member. During this time, as the Director In-charge of the Care & Special Education (CSE), a facility that caters to the special needs children in Oman, he initiated a complete overhaul of the facility.

He is the author of a Malayalam book Kanamethumillathe published by DC Books in 2020. A highly articulate independent thinker, he is also a staunch advocate for the causes he supports, and has been an educational & motivational speaker at various events including renowned forums such as the NCTE Conference 2019 (National Council of Teacher Education), India, KLF 2020 (Kerala Literature Festival), India, GESS 2020, UAE. As a speaker, he has also associated with organizations across Oman and India such as Muscat College, Oman; ICCAI, Muscat; Indian Institute Of Teacher Education, India; OP Jindal University, India, etc.

Inspired by start-ups, turnarounds and entrepreneurial ventures, and driven by an indomitable will to succeed, his managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities are underlined by his passion for work and life in general.

Educational background includes Master's in Business Administration - MBA (Specialization- Marketing), Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management – PGDHRM (Specialization: HR) and a PHD in Management Studies (Entrepreneurship).

For more information on LinkedIn, visit: https://om.linkedin.com/in/babysamsamuel