Sameer, as managing director for Asia Pacific at Bell, was responsible for all sales and service activity across Asia Pacific and Oceania. Besides having led a cross-functional team of regional sales and business development managers and directors, Sameer also oversaw Bell's strategic marketing opportunities in the region. Before leading Bell's Asia Pacific team, Sameer was managing director for Bell's Africa & Middle East business, based in Dubai. 

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Before joining Bell, Sameer led Textron Financial Corporation’s Asia Pacific and Middle East
aviation finance group as Global Sales Director.

 

Sameer started his 25-year Textron career in 1999 as a structures engineer for Cessna’s Single- Engine division, first in Independence, Kansas, and then in Wichita, earning a Six Sigma Black Belt in Cessna Aircraft Company’s Sales and Marketing organization.

Sameer is a certified pilot and has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering
from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. He holds an MBA from Wichita State University and executive/senior executive education from the Thunderbird School of Global
Management in Arizona and Duke University in North Carolina, respectively.

 

Sameer, his wife and son reside in Dubai.