Dr Samit (Sam) Ahir Email & Phone Number

PhD Cambridge. MEng (1st Class, valedictorian) Imperial College London. MD of Makevale Group, an award winning international business, specialised in manufacture of high quality PMMA (plastic/polymer) powders for cosmetic, medical, dental & industrial use. More businessman than scientist now. Published about 14 papers, all well cited. Experienced in many business areas e.g. database development (SQL onwards), scientific and financial equation writing, business development, finance and accounting (most aspects), project management (from introduction of new QC procedures [2006] to setting up an entire off-shore manufacturing facility from zero [operational late 2009] and everything in-between that the business requires). Also have experience as a production chemist and have spent many years in polymer manufacturing. Studied Business strategy and successfully transferred new skills into our business with commercial success (2012 onwards). Marketing and customer relationship building is a skill I am currently sharpening. Have given lectures and high-profile talks. Have steered business to win the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation (April 2010 & 2021). Also am a GLG Council Member (February 2011, Gerson Lehrman Group, Energy & Industrials - EMEA). Future goals 1) direct Makevale to become one of the finest organic chemistry companies worldwide, 2) support family, friends and colleagues to achieve professional greatness and personal balance, 3) curate exciting design (business processes, art, cars, algorithms, anything elegant, 4) give back to society through charitable work.Specialties: PhD polymers and nanoscience, project management, strategy design and implementation, sales, running a medium size business and all the skills therein.

Listed skills include Strategy, Management, Project Management, Leadership, and 16 others.