Sama Al-Naib

Managing Director of Digital Innovation EMEA

Sama is the Head of Digital Innovation EMEA at Burson which involves leading a multi-disciplinary, regional team of digital innovators that span Data & Analytics, Social Media, Strategy and Influencer marketing. The digital innovation team delivers innovative, tailored, data-powered solutions for clients with a broad range of communications challenges across sectors.

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Previously, Sama has actively lead and developed influencer marketing expertise across the region and is one of the architects behind Burson’s influencer offering, Trufluence, a 360 framework for planning, identification, creation, delivery and measurement – a robust methodology that incorporates critical processes and approaches that tackle current ‘authenticity crisis’ in the influencer space. Since the launch of Trufluence, Burson now boasts a global community of over 100 influencer leaders across Europe and Africa, supported by a broader team of influencer specialists who all speak ‘Trufluence’.

Sama continues to consult a range of global clients across sectors from personal care to financial services to healthcare and beyond, overseeing end to end programmes from strategy inception through to delivery.

Sama was also named one of PRovoke Media's Innovator 25 list in 2023.