William Samman has built a 15-year track-record of activating effective corporate communications, content and B2B marketing strategies, launching new brands, as well as landing new business opportunities. For the last 9 years he's developed an in-house marcomms expertise dedicated to the financial and professional networks sectors.

Most recently, William joins from Qatar Investment Authority's Corporate Communications team where he focused on PR, deal and crisis communication, thought leadership & events, as well as content development. Prior to that, he was a Senior Communications & Partnerships Lead at Deloitte Ventures, and before that was Marketing & Communications Director at Drake Star - a TMT boutique investment bank - since its inception. Prior to that, William also worked for the Government of Québec as a Senior Commercial Attaché.

William hails from Montreal and has been living in the UK since 2010. Outside of work, William is an avid DJ and record collector, playing all sorts of music genres ranging from Jazz, Funk and World to Electronic and Dance Music.