About Jamilah Samian

Jamilah Samian began her professional career in a multinational organisation, Sarawak Shell Berhad, Lutong, in the Information Technology sector. Following that, she became a successful home-based entrepreneur providing translation and copywriting services to many public relations and advertising firms and other private organisations.

While living in the Middle-East, Jamilah began her journalism career and has since written for The New Straits Times (Malaysia), Destinations (Shell global family magazine), The Oman Economic Review, ParenThink and other print and electronic publications within and outside Malaysia.

For several years, she used to be a volunteer with the Global Outpost Network, which was an information resource and support centre catering for Shell expatriate families. The Outpost team itself comprised of spouses from various nationalities across the world.

Jamilah is an active member of the MIM (Malaysian Institute of Management) Toastmasters International and has addressed audiences at organisations including SWAN (Shell Women's Aspiration Network), TOYOTA, UTAR and Malaysian Institute of Management.

Jamilah holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Mathematics from Indiana State University (USA), Bachelor of Psychology from Upper Iowa University (USA) and Diploma in Journalism (Distinction) from the London School of Journalism (UK).

Jamilah now writes fulltime.