2026 SAMA Annual Conference  Speaker

Jacques Sciammas

Jacques Sciammas has held the roles of COO and CFO for several global corporations, where he was responsible for making executive buying decisions for over 20 years. Drawing on his corporate executive experience, and representing the executive buyer’s perspective, he conducts interactive workshops and keynotes to sales teams on how to successfully engage and sell to the C-suite and build long-term C-level relationships. His corporate experience includes EVP at Berkshire, CFO at Charles Schwab’s $2 billion retail division, Director of International Operations at Standard & Poor’s, and Director of Capital Programs at TWA. All the roles entailed directing the company’s buying decisions and selection of vendor for large corporations.

In addition to conducting over 400 workshops and keynotes around the globe since 2003, Jacques also serves as Chairman of the CFO Council and is a regular speaker at SAMA’s Annual Conference. In addition to family and friends, Jacques counts tennis, bicycling, impressionist art, film, and world cultures as his passions. He has an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School, a BA in mathematics from Bowdoin College, and a master’s degree in finance and international business from Rutgers Graduate School of Management.