Sam Akbari is a management consultant and strategist, crafting solutions that bring about efficiency through change and transformation initiatives for global brands.
As a hands-on and resourceful strategist, Sam is driven and passionate about bringing about efficiency through change and transformation initiatives for mid-to-large enterprises across EMEA and APAC.
In the last 13 years, Sam has served in several senior leadership roles in private and public organisations, most recently the Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer (CRO/CMO) at Netlinkz (ASX: NET), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Great Minds Consulting and a current member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Sam’s biggest strength is building and executing cross-functional change initiatives across multiple business units in an organisation. Evaluating business functions based on their merits and providing recommendations to refine, resetting or eliminate in order to achieve commercial goals.

The only thing constant in business is change...
Business leaders must continuously innovate to keep up with post-pandemic changes in consumer behaviours and market conditions.
Experience
Head of Global
Go-to-Market Operations
Breville Limited (ASX: BRG)

Head of
Integrated Technology (APJ)
McCorkell & Associates

Global Head
of Product (SaaS)
King Content
Chief Revenue
& Marketing Officer
Netlinkz (ASX: NET)
Founder / Chief
Executive Officer
Great Minds Consulting
Certifications​
- 2020 - B2B Marketing Analytics Basics
- 2020 - Advanced Customer Journeys
- 2020 - Pardot Email Marketing
- 2020 - Pardot Email Marketing for Pardot Lightning App
- 2020 - Adobe Certified Professional - Marketo
- 2020 - Ethics in the Boardroom - AICD
- 2020 - Journey Builder Basics
- 2020 - Salesforce & Pardot Integration
- 2021 - Marketo Certified Expert
- Jira Fundamentals
- Confluence Fundamentals
- In Progress - Jira Administration