{"id":2975,"date":"2017-02-24T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T10:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gf.com\/?staff=saam-azar"},"modified":"2025-04-25T04:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:06:03","slug":"saam-azar","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/gf.com\/leadership\/saam-azar\/","title":{"rendered":"Saam Azar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff__details\">\n  <div class=\"staff__img\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Saam-Azar.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n      <div class=\"social__container\">\n          <ul class=\"social__icons\">\n                                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n   <div class=\"staff__title\">\n     <h1>Saam Azar<\/h1>       <\/div>\n  <div class=\"staff__content\">\n      <p><p>Saam Azar is Chief Legal Officer at GF, a position he has held since January 2017. 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