Sam Amsterdam

Samuel ‘Sam’ Amsterdam is an advanced advocacy and strategic marketing and media engagement professional, with commercial and political counsel experience in major global hubs including London, Brussels, Johannesburg, Lagos, New York City, Toronto and Washington, D.C.

In representing core clients seeking to expand access and/or positioning within European Parliament while based in Brussels, Mr. Amsterdam coordinated milestone engagements in the sectors of Public Affairs, Healthcare and Technology, alongside elite E.U. MEPs, honored foreign delegates and international journalists.

From Washington D.C., London and Johannesburg, Mr. Amsterdam has managed the day-to-day public relations operations of international social enterprises such as the Arcadia Foundation, Opportunity International and 1MinutetoSavetheWorld. Concurrently, Mr. Amsterdam served as both New Media Counsel and as a Director of Public Outreach for Bahrain’s National Dialogue, accredited think tanks such as the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society (WIBGS), a myriad of government relations consultancies based in Europe and Eurasia and on behalf of governments such as the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and governing political parties including however not limited to the Georgia Free-Democrats, ‘Georgian Dream’ Movement, Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) and Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T). Similar services have been rendered on behalf of cutting-edge finance and Web 3.0 technology-driven institutions such as the Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank), Finclusion Group, EonXi, Paycasso and Contec Global Group.

Mr. Amsterdam has also notably advocated on behalf of World Bank Director for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence, the Honorable Betty Bigombe, in her role as global humanitarian and in support of her former position within Ugandan Parliament.

Mr. Amsterdam graduated with a degree in Public Affairs and Policy from Ottawa, Canada’s Carleton University.