Samanthi de Mel is a Chartered Accountant by profession and fellow of Chartered Certified Accountants and Chartered Management Accountants of United Kingdom and also holds a Master of Business Administration from Irish Business School in Ireland. Mrs. de Mel has over 25 years of experience in Project Management, Project Financial Management, Financial Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Public Procurement, and Information Communication Technology & General Administration.

During the period of 2001-2018, Mrs. de Mel was the head of Corporate Services of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) the premier Government Leadership/Training Institute in Jamaica which also serves the Caribbean. Over this period, Mrs. de Mel handled a number of national and regional level projects which were funded by the international donor agencies such as UN, World Bank, Carioca, IDB, CARICAD, CIDA, EU etc. Mrs. de Mel was also involved as a member of the Project team of the adoption and implementation of the CBET approach to the programs at MIND.