Samir Sayed is currently Managing Director for the ASEAN, Korea and Emerging markets for Poly Business and is part of the GA Sales leadership team. In this role, his charter is to drive growth and market share in the region.

An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, Samir has held several leadership roles at the company since 2016, when he joined Polycom as Head of Channels and Managed Services in India. In less than a year his role was expanded to include the ASEAN region. In 2017, he moved to Singapore to lead the overall ASEAN region as Head of Sales, Channels and Distribution. Post acquisition of Polycom by Plantronics in 2019, Samir’s role was further expanded to manage the combined Plantronics and Polycom business with the addition of Korea.

Prior to joining Poly, Samir was Vice President and Global Head of Services at AGC Networks, where he was responsible for Services Revenue and Delivery, including the company’s Cloud and Managed Services business. Samir had a stint with Servion Global Solutions as Vice President and Head of India, and was Vice President of National Sales at Avaya. He has also held key positions in sales management at Tata Telecom Ltd.

Samir holds an engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications and is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business.