About Samar

Partnership leadership grounded in strategy, trust and execution.

Samar Qatarneh is a strategic partnerships and resource-mobilisation leader with more than two decades of experience across government, investment, nonprofit, education and development environments.

Her work has focused on building trusted institutional relationships, mobilising resources, strengthening corporate and philanthropic engagement and creating practical partnership systems that support sustainable impact.

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Cross-sector perspectiveStrategy · Trust · Execution

Leadership proposition

Connecting organisational ambition with the right relationships, resources and structures.

Partnerships are most valuable when they are built around a clear purpose, mutual value and the discipline to sustain them over time. Samar’s experience combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution: identifying opportunities, shaping propositions, engaging senior stakeholders, coordinating fundraisers, negotiating agreements and supporting long-term donor relationships.

Her perspective is cross-sector by design, shaped by roles across municipal government, investment, development, education and strategic partnerships.

Selected career outcomes

Documented professional outcomes from Samar’s career experience. Organisational references do not imply endorsement of the advisory practice.

3×Funding growth across the Jordan Portfolio and Her Majesty’s affiliated organisations.

~70%Growth in Jordanian corporate participation in QRF’s local partnership portfolio.

20+Senior fundraisers led or coordinated across affiliated organisations.

~50%Increase in sustainable funding alongside stronger major-donor engagement.

15Major-gift donor relationships developed across nine organisations.

8Fundraising roundtables facilitated with leaders from nine affiliated organisations.

Six-figure JODPartnership agreements negotiated and managed for QRF and affiliated organisations.

Career journey

More than two decades across public, investment, education and partnership environments.

2004–2006

International Affairs Officer

Greater Amman Municipality

International relations, city partnerships and stakeholder coordination.

2006–2007

Operations Officer

Urban Research Center / King Abdullah II Fund

Research and programme operations in a development-focused environment.

2007–2009

Senior Investment Officer

MAWARED

Institutional and stakeholder-facing work in an investment and development setting.

2009–2011

Investment & Communications Senior Officer

Development & Investment Projects Fund / Jordan Armed Forces

Investment projects and strategic communications.

2011–2014

Scholarships Officer

Queen Rania Foundation / Her Majesty’s Office

Scholarship programming and education opportunities, including management of 45 scholarships.

2014–2016

Researcher & Program Developer

Queen Rania Foundation

Research and programme-development work in education.

2017–2020

Strategic Partnerships Associate Manager

Queen Rania Foundation

Strategic-partnership development and fundraising activity.

2020–2022

Local Strategic Partnerships Manager

Queen Rania Foundation

Local strategic partnerships and corporate engagement.

2022–present

Senior Partnership Leadership

Queen Rania Foundation

Senior leadership across local and regional strategic partnerships, resource mobilisation and stakeholder engagement.

Advisory philosophy

Four principles that shape the work.

Start with shared value, not outreach.

Strong partnerships begin with purpose, stakeholder logic and a clear value exchange.

Build systems, not one-off wins.

Sustainable resource mobilisation depends on prioritisation, stewardship and internal ownership.

Keep strategy close to execution.

Recommendations should translate into practical choices, tools, responsibilities and next steps.

Protect trust.

Judgement, discretion, appropriate boundaries and long-term credibility are essential.

Education & development

Professional grounding that complements practical partnership leadership.

MBA2022

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations & Branding2011

BSc in Strategic Planning & Major Regional Planning2004

Ongoing executive and professional developmentFundraising, partnerships and related disciplines

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