Gautam Nath — CEO

I am the Managing Director and CEO of Strategic Alliance Management Services (SAMS), a specialist consulting and services firm supporting organisations across India’s social impact sector. I lead all core verticals of SAMS, including: • Talent Acquisition & Leadership Hiring – executive search and large-scale national recruitment campaigns • Third-Party Staffing and Payrolling Services – enabling compliant, scalable workforce deployment • Procurement & Supply Chain Management (PSCM) – particularly complex, multi-state assignments supporting India’s national public health programmes Over the past three decades, SAMS has partnered with national and international not-for-profit organisations, foundations, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and implementation partners. I remain closely involved in the firm’s most strategic and complex engagements, especially those requiring scale, coordination, and cross-stakeholder alignment. A current priority is upgrading SAMS’ services through deep adoption and integration of technology—across recruitment workflows, assessment, compliance, data management, reporting, and candidate engagement—while retaining the rigour, ethics, and sector sensitivity that define our work. In parallel, I personally steer initiatives focused on supporting social impact professionals seeking employment, including: • Resume and LinkedIn Profile Optimisation • Structured Interview Coaching for mid-career and senior professionals These offerings are designed to help professionals present their experience with clarity, authenticity, and role alignment in an increasingly technology-driven hiring environment. Our digital affiliate, SAMS-STC, is building a broader ecosystem for the social impact sector—bringing together hiring and tendering support, job aggregation, and a platform for professionals available for consulting and project-based assignments to signal their availability. My work is grounded in a strong commitment to process excellence, integrity, and long-term partnerships. I welcome thoughtful engagement with organisations and professionals focused on strengthening leadership, systems, and impact.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in social impact consulting with expertise in HR and workforce solutions.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 45 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Leadership Hiring & Executive Search
Procurement & Supply Chain Management (pscm)
Technology-enabled Hr & Recruitment Systems
Career Advisory & Interview Coaching

Career Highlights

Led recruitment of over 45,000 professionals in social impact.
Pioneered technology integration in HR processes.
Expert in leadership hiring and workforce solutions.

Work Experience

RBG India P Ltd.

Director & Country Partner (4 yrs)

Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd. (SAMS)

Managing Director & CEO (35 yrs 9 mos)

A F Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mangement Services Division, New Delhi

Manager, Accounting Services Group, New Delhi (10 yrs)

Education

FCA at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

B.A. at St. Stephen's College, Delhi

at Modern School, Barakhamba Road

Gautam Nath

CEO

Delhi, India45 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led recruitment of over 45,000 professionals in social impact.
Pioneered technology integration in HR processes.
Expert in leadership hiring and workforce solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in social impact consulting with expertise in HR and workforce solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Leadership Hiring & Executive SearchProcurement & Supply Chain Management (pscm)Technology-enabled Hr & Recruitment SystemsCareer Advisory & Interview Coaching

Other Skills

Workforce Strategy & Workforce SolutionsSocial Impact Sector AdvisoryOrganisational & Systems StrengtheningLarge-Scale Recruitment EngagementsThird-Party Staffing & PayrollingRecruitingPublic HealthCross-functional Team LeadershipTalent AcquisitionBusiness Process ImprovementExecutive SearchTeam LeadershipManagement ConsultingNGOsOrganizational Development

About

Experience

45 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

16 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

35 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Rbg india p ltd.

Director & Country Partner

Jan 1996 – Jan 2000 · 4 yrs

Co-headed Indian operations of the Rummler-Brache Group (RBG), a US business process improvement consultancy.
Celebrated for its pioneering use of proprietary process mapping tools for 'Managing the White Spaces' in organizations, RBG worked closely with a number of banking and financial services companies in the late 90s to improve their businesses processes.

Strategic alliance management services p ltd. (sams)

Managing Director & CEO

Jul 1990 – Present · 35 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi · Hybrid

As Managing Director and CEO, I lead SAMS’ integrated verticals spanning leadership hiring, workforce solutions, and procurement & supply chain management, and remain directly involved in complex, high-impact national assignments. I also oversee the firm’s technology modernisation agenda and strategic growth initiatives, including the development of our digital affiliate, SAMS-STC.
Founded in 1990 and incorporated in 1995, SAMS has evolved from a general management consultancy into a specialist firm serving the social impact sector. Since 2000, the organisation has worked exclusively with not-for-profit, public interest, and mission-driven organisations.
Today, SAMS supports clients through:
Executive search and leadership hiring
Large-scale recruitment programmes (ranging from tens to several thousand positions)
Third-party staffing and payrolling services
Large, complex, multi-state PSCM assignments, particularly within national public health programmes
SAMS has worked with an extensive portfolio of national and international NGOs, foundations, UN agencies, and bilateral partners, and has supported the recruitment of more than 45,000 professionals across the social impact sector.
We operate through offices in Delhi with a multidisciplinary team, and are recognised for being ethical, process-driven, and cost-effective. While our work is client-led, we place strong emphasis on candidate experience and remain engaged with a large national pool of social impact professionals.

Leadership Hiring & Executive SearchWorkforce Strategy & Workforce SolutionsSocial Impact Sector AdvisoryOrganisational & Systems StrengtheningProcurement & Supply Chain Management (PSCM)Large-Scale Recruitment Engagements+30

A f ferguson & co., chartered accountants, mangement services division, new delhi

Manager, Accounting Services Group, New Delhi

Jan 1980 – Jan 1990 · 10 yrs

Worked for more than a decade, in a range of positions, in what was then India's premier management consultancy and affiliate of KPMG Peat Marwick. (AFF was subsequently taken over by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited).
Last position held was Manager, leading the firm's Accounting Group in Delhi, focused on the conduct of financial management studies for a range of premier clients in the public and private sectors.