Samir Sathe — CEO
Samir is the founder and CEO of Samir Sathe Consulting Pvt Ltd (SAM’SPACE), a firm he established to build scalable businesses globally. SAM’SPACE is an AI-Augmented strategy, transformation consulting and leadership coaching, execution focused firm. Samir is also a co-founder at Solbridge, a data-driven, science-based, AI-powered company specialising in leadership hiring and integrated strategy execution, and Anamkara, an Art Advisory platform. Samir is a Board Member and Mentor at Amplo Global, an AI-driven, patented, B2B SaaS focused ESG platform. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at Loyal Venture Fund. Samir is a seasoned professional with 34 years of global experience in strategy and management consulting, education, skilling, AI-led productisation, coaching, and leadership development for founders. Samir worked as the CEO and the leader of an edtech company and prior to that, he led SME vertical of a global entity in India, Asia, and Egypt with a $1.5 billion AUM. Previously, Samir co-led Universal Consulting, a boutique management consulting firm in India, for 23 years. Impact: 600+ consulting cases, 60% of them including execution 200+ clients 1200 – 2000 basis points (bps) delta revenue CAGR 100 – 1000 bps delta profit CAGR 500 – 1000 bps in IRR improvement $1B funds raised and/ or deployed DPI and MOIC >3 on advisory cases for funds 100+ CXOs coached at 30+Corporate clients 10K+ coaching hours completed Samir is a disruptive thought leader and author with over 40 national and international publications, as well as a speaker at hundreds of key fora, both nationally and internationally. Samir's clientele includes global and Indian companies that need domestic and international expansion strategy and execution support. His coaching assignments include universities and educational institutions, such as ISB, Singapore Management University, and Asian Management Institute, as well as several organisations whose CXO leaders need to upskill themselves and work in teams to shape their own and the organisation's future in alignment with the growth agenda. Samir is a Master of Consulting, Coaching, and Change from INSEAD, France, an FT #2-ranked Global MBA School. Samir is a winner of five awards, with three awards in the corporate and business environment, namely: Brand Impact Award in Public Service, Public Service Award, High-Flyers 50 Award in Asia, and one award of Special Category Programs Leader, in Education and Skilling. He was recently awarded 'MSME Enabler of 2025-AI Augmented Consulting and Leadership Coaching.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in strategy consulting and AI-driven business transformation.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 32 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Strategic Consulting
- Executive Coaching
- Strategy
- Business Transformation
- Product Development
- Business Strategy
- Management Consulting
Career Highlights
- 34 years of global consulting experience
- Coached over 100 CXOs across 30+ corporate clients
- Raised and deployed $1B in funds
Work Experience
CONSULT SAM'SPACE
Founder and CEO (1 yr)
Emeritus
Leadership Coach (2 yrs 2 mos)
EKSAQ India Private Limited
Chief Executive Officer (2 yrs 1 mo)
Amplo Global Inc.
Board Member (3 yrs 3 mos)
Wadhwani Foundation
Executive Vice President, Advantage India (3 yrs 11 mos)
Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd (UC STRATEGY)
Senior Director (22 yrs 11 mos)
Vans Information & Investor Services
Senior Equity Research Specialist and Management Team Member (2 yrs)
www.capitalmarket.com
Equity Research Analyst (3 yrs)
Education
Master's Degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change at INSEAD
Certificate on Leading Professional Service Firms at Harvard Business School
edX Verified Certificate for The Challenges of Global Poverty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B Com at RA Podar College, Mumbai University
