For General Inquiries
SEALA Staff
Adam Smith Albion, SEALA Executive Director
Email: ASALBION@SEALANETWORK.ORG
Telephone: (+90 544) 157 2086
Adam Smith Albion brings many years of experience in the fields of regional leadership organizations, international relations and cross-cultural cooperation. He served as Director of the Central Eurasia Leadership Alliance (CELA) from its foundation in 2002 until the beginning of 2010. In 2010 he joined the effort to launch the Middle East Leadership Association (MELA) and worked as its Regional Director until 2013. In the 1990s Adam was a Fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs studying and writing about the Black Sea area and Central Eurasia. He subsequently worked as a journalist and analyst for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Freedom House, Jane’s Intelligence review, and other publications. For four years he was a senior associate at the EastWest Institute (EWI).
Saman Imtiaz, SEALA Network Manager
Email: SAMANIMTIAZ@YAHOO.COM
Saman is an international education specialist with over 24 years of experience. Most recently she led the British Council’s Education Services portfolio for eight years at Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Prior to that she has spent more than 16 years in the private education sector at Pakistan working as faculty and in senior leadership roles leading education programs and campuses. Her experience in education includes working as Regional Communications Manager-North, leading all marketing and communications for over 50 campuses for Beaconhouse Northern Region (the largest private school network of its kind with a presence in eight countries). Some of her prestigious collaborations were with Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Saman has a comprehensive view of the education process, both secondary and tertiary, having served in leadership roles at leading national, international and global education networks and organizations. A SEALA fellow herself (SEALA 4, 2017), Saman has served as a facilitator at SEALA 6 in Vietnam, SEALA 10 in Malaysia and MELA 13 in Oman.