Influential work
- Partnered with a regional university to undertake a review of its academic portfolio and develop a clearer market offer
- Led reviews and evaluations of a range of health and human services and programs to inform service design, planning and reform including the design and delivery of sensitive consultation processes
- Supported a range of non-government and higher education organisations with advice on strategic planning and how to strengthen and grow financial sustainability, through facilitated workshops, reviews of portfolio performance, market scanning and advice on funding and revenue strategies
- Led a stream of work with the multi-agency Their Futures Matter (now Stronger Communities Investment Unit) to transform the vulnerable NSW child and family system
- Worked with government policy teams to support the development of policy around child and youth mental health, national health screening programs, emergency recovery, housing affordability and regional development
Outside of Nous
Before joining Nous, Samara worked in the UK at the Department for Exiting the European Union. She led the teams responsible for the policy and delivery coordination of the UK’s exit from the EU for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department of International Development.
Prior to this, Samara worked in various policy roles across the NSW and Victorian governments; including the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet; the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation; the NSW Department of Education; and the Consulate General of Switzerland. She has also spent time working in the NFP at the Sydney Alliance.
Samara holds a Bachelor of International Studies from the University of NSW and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Sydney.
In her spare time...
Samara enjoys hosting elaborate dinner parties and building giant forts with her kids. She loves to travel and has lived and worked in the UK, Switzerland and France.