Samantha Pitchford - Chief Operating Officer,

Chief Operating Officer

ConsultingSales & BizDevC-level ExecutiveBusiness OwnerITStartup Founder

With over two decades of experience, I have dedicated my career to driving innovation, building cohesive teams, and scaling businesses. As Co-Founder and Chief Product/Technology Officer at Kamuno AG, my focus is on product development and technology strategies that align with our organizational vision. My expertise spans due diligence, business advisory services, and advising people, which I bring to my role as a fund advisor at Impact AMC. My mission is to foster impactful business strategies and ensure effective execution through collaboration and innovation. Drawing on my background in business strategy, advisory services, and technical assessment, I aim to equip organizations with the tools and insights needed for sustainable growth. I am driven by a commitment to creating scalable solutions and delivering measurable value.

CembraSenior Program Director & Head of Strategic Change Management

Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2016Zurich, SwitzerlandSeparation program • Owned Transitional Service Agreement (TSA) as part of Initial Public Offering (IPO) to determine services and systems to be separated as part of the carve out from GE Capital • Defined two-year strategic plan for carve out / separation program. Determined future strategic roadmap by reviewing options for all TSA items, renewing majority of IT landscape (80%+) and simplifying set up outside of GE • Built own high performing strong leadership team as well as leading extended Program team (200+ people) and over 20+ business partners (with 50+ onsite / 160+ offshore people). Inspiring and motiving team, fostering engagement and a positive working environment • Responsible for successful end-to-end completion of the program. Ensured successful rollout of solutions by connecting the dots, understanding big picture as well as the details and dependencies. Limiting impact to the daily business and embedding into Business As Usual organization. Including the replacement of HR, Finance, Compliance, Infrastructure, Core systems, eService solutions etc. • Negotiated 120+ contracts to ensure long-term sustainability and managed multi-million budget. Delivered against original plan, below budget to agreed scope with no major business interruption Head of Strategic Change Management • Accountable for bank wide strategic change delivery including costs and quality. Aided in building solid business and IT strategy, defining a change portfolio to deliver strategic targets • Ensure portfolio prioritisation, planning, optimization and execution is aligned to banks goals, providing direction to senior executives and leading change team to successfully deliver • Supported set up and establishment of new business shared services department to provide value across the bank by centralising core competencies • Responsible for leading key strategic ideas in exploring M&A opportunities

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