Sam is the Client Executive for Fonterra.  Sam joined Telecom in March 2002 after spending 9 years in the UK working in the telecommunications industry where he developed start up telephone networks.  Having witnessed the technology industry in the UK go from rags to riches and back again, Sam decided it was time to come back home.

Sam began life back at Telecom as an Account Manager managing Eric Watson's Cullen Investment Group.

In 2004 Sam was promoted to an Account Director and closed major Trans-Tasman bids with Cendant Corporation and Lion Nathan, and also won back a major data network deal with Flight Centre.  For the last 15 months Sam has managed Fletcher Building Limited during which time he has been successful in closing a 5 year contract for the provision of a hosted IPTel solution.