Mentors in Newcastle

Samantha (Sam) Martin-Williams

Non Executive Director

NGM Group

Sam's credo, Mens sana in corpore sano {translated as "a healthy mind in a healthy body"} aligns to the Mentor Walks aspirations.
A professional director with twenty years’ experience, Sam is passionate about creating value through human capital, emerging technologies and contemporary governance.

Sam is currently a non-executive director of NGM Group Australia, one of Australia’s largest customer-owned, multi-brand banks where she chairs the People, Culture and Remuneration Committee.

She is the Deputy Chair of Newcastle Airport Ltd and Greater Newcastle Aerotropolis Ltd. Sam is the vice-chair of the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA).

Sam is a former Businesswoman of the Year, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a conjoint academic at the University of Newcastle, Australia and a thought leader for Forbes, America’s leading business magazine.

Sam has degrees in Law, Industrial Relations and Business, having also completed executive education at MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School and INSEAD.

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