Anna Samios
Performance 7
Sydney, NSW, Australia
About
Anna Samios is an internationally recognized, award winning, Scaling Up Certified Coach to Australian mid-market companies. She is the first female certified coach in Australasia.
She has advised over 400 Australian Companies including CSIRO and university incubator start-ups, family-owned businesses, and publicly listed companies.
An Adviser who has walked the entrepreneurial talk, she founded and ran her own company for 25 years, before exiting in 2018.
Anna is now the CEO and Founder of Performance 7. Performance 7 is a coaching organisation specialising in implementing the Scaling Up methodology in Australian businesses.
Performance 7 have delivered:
- 187.1% revenue increase per client over a 24-month period
- 148 implementations of the Scaling Up Methodology
- 485 jobs created
- 9.3/10 CEO happiness score
- Over $1.4 billion in revenue under management
Anna has appeared on Channel 7, lectured to CSIRO’s Alumni program, and advised the Federal Government's Entrepreneurs Program working closely with their high growth IT, cyber, software firms and professional services firms.
She regularly keynotes with the sharks from Shark Tank to a national audience of Australian Entrepreneurs. She is a sought-after adviser by BRW Rich Listers and AFR Fast growth CEOs and Chairs.
Anna is also proudly a Board Director of the National Institute of Dramatic Art Foundation (NIDA)
Incredibly passionate about empowering Australian businesses with the right tools to achieve success.
Equally passionate about empowering women to achieve financial independence.
Professional Highlights
• Board Director of the National Institute of Dramatic Art Foundation (NIDA)
• Channel 7 Business Thought Leader | Kochie's Business Builders
• Co-founder and Managing Partner of family business for 25 years
• Business Growth Adviser Australian Federal Government | Entrepreneurs' Programme | ICT, Digital, Cyber Security & Professional Services
• Host and keynote presenter at the Scaling Up Summit Sydney (The Southern Hemisphere’s largest Scaling Up gatherings)
• Certified Scaling Up Coach | exam with High Honors
• B.Com Economics & Finance (UNSW)
• Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Personal Highlights
- Mother of 3 gorgeous kids and a Hairy Maclary dog
- Married to a great guy
- Founding Director of respite home for people with physical and intellectual disabilities
- Love the creative arts, travelling and diversity in thinking
- Love the Foo Fighters & MMM | Love a great surf beach | sailing
- Love NRL
“The experience working with Anna has been amazing. Anna has the ability to take her vast array of experience and apply it to any particular business and industry.”
- Geoff Lucas, Managing Director and Group CEO, The Agency
“We employ over 1,000 people across two countries and team alignment is paramount to scaling our organisation. Anna Samios facilitates the implementation of the Scaling Up framework and mentors our Senior Leadership Team on an ongoing basis. Anna’s strategic insights, balanced with her financial acumen, are notable and remarkable. In addition, her engaging personality and contagious energy makes Anna a stand out collaborator.”
— Brett Robinson, Group CEO | Icebergs Group
“Working with Anna has given us a strong sense of direction with the future of our organisations, and very practical ideas for running our businesses with greater efficiency. As a start-up professional service organisation, Anna’s strategies and processes have been invaluable in helping us go forward.”
— Dr. Miranda Jefferson, Co-Founder | 4C Transformative Learning
"Anna is a champion. You don’t often come across people with her enthusiasm and genuine interest in helping people. This is more than a job to her… it’s her passion."
- Peter Salveson, CEO Hansen Yuncken
“Anna is a great advocate and facilitator of real strategy for our business. Our financial results have been off the scale across all metrics. She works through a clear-cut, tactical execution process and achieves breath-taking results.”
— Daniel Caruana, CEO | Danrae Group
“Her wealth of experience, knowledge and passion for business growth and strategy has injected our team with the insight and drive to take our business to the next level. I highly recommend Anna to any company who is seeking guidance on how to easily implement the Scaling Up methodology in their company.”
— Dina Roubis-Alwan, General Manager | Telechnics
"Anna has become part of our family. She understands our business and is passionate about helping us get to where we want to be. She exudes the same level of passion for all her clients and is laser-focused on helping Australian companies succeed in the global arena. Whilst she keeps us on our toes, every moment we spend with her is pleasurable. Anna makes strategy fun!"
- David Williams, Co-Founder / Director Rapid Hardware Group
“Anna has had an amazing impact on our business. She has helped direct our focus to what’s really important for us as we scale up over the next 5 years.”
— Micheal O’Keefe, CEO | Ferrycarrig Construction
“Awesome & engaging coach. Anna works patiently and methodically to embed deep understanding.”
— Prof. Michael Anderson, Prof. Education | University of Sydney