Samata is a British-born Ghanaian entrepreneur, based in Los Angeles. She works at the intersection of design, fashion, music, entertainment, and education — with one throughline: culture as a force for sustainable change.

As former CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress (RCGD Global), Samata brought sustainability to the Oscars — an eco-conscious fashion platform on one of the world’s most visible stages. Partnerships with Louis Vuitton, Armani, Vivienne Westwood, and TENCEL. Conversations with Zoe Saldaña, Tati Gabrielle, Billie Eilish, and Maggie Baird. A platform that made circular fashion, recycling, and Indigenous design impossible to ignore.

At BLACK PEARL, that work continues — through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Universal Music Group, ROC Nation, and ZDHC. Through Overheated. Through culture.

She contributes to the sustainability curriculum at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and has spoken at Yale School of the Environment, UC Berkeley, Parsons, Central Saint Martins, and ESMOD Paris. She has addressed COP26 through COP28 and the Washington State House of Representatives, and advised two British Prime Ministers at 10 Downing Street on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and creative leadership.

She sits on boards and advisory bodies including Cambridge University, the Hollywood Climate Summit, LA Climate Week, and the State of Fashion Council — and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Author of the Sustainable Style Guide for Everyone. Creator of sustainability guides for the 95th and 96th Academy Awards. A Champion of Change in Vogue Business’s Innovator 100. Featured on LOHAS Magazine’s Green Women Power List.

Unseen work. Lasting impact. That’s the BLACK PEARL way.