Samara has 14 years of private equity and investment banking experience including three years at Goldman Sachs, Australia before joining Mercury Capital in 2015.

She has experience across a range of transactions advising clients in the consumer, retail, healthcare and financial institutions sectors.

Samara is currently a director of Mercury portfolio company Squiz.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Valedictorian, First Class Honours) from Bond University and a Graduate Certificate in Mathematical Sciences (First Class Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology. Samara was previously a member of the Australian Investment Council Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee.