Hidden Elements

Jurgita Balaisyte
Research Consultant


Jurgita Balaisyte is a research consultant based at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. Jurgita grew up in Lithuania and has a degree in Business Management and a masters degree in Production Management from Vilnius University. She also has an MSc in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Jurgita has lived in Lithuania, France, Germany and the US.


Ousmane Amadou Sy
Associate Consultant


Ousmane Sy graduated from the Higher Institute of Management at Dakar University in 1998 with a degree in Finance and Accounting, he has worked in the civil society sector ever since. He was Finance and Administration Coordinator of Alliance Nationale Contre le Sida (ANCS) for more than 7 years and played an instrumental role in helping ANCS become the largest HIV/AIDS organisation in Senegal. In 2006 he joined the International HIV/AIDS Alliance headquarters in the UK, where he worked as Senior Finance Officer until June 2009.

Ousmane has more than 10 years extensive experience in providing financial and organisational technical support to civil society organisations across Africa and has supported many USAID and Global Fund programmes throughout the continent. He has also worked on external assignments with the UNAIDS Technical Support Facility in East Africa. As a founding and existing board member of many community organisations in both Senegal and the UK, Ousmane is a passionate advocate for communities and local development.

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