Leadership Profile
Mr. Ousmane Amadou Sy
Head of Partnerships & Alliances
"Strategic partnerships are the architecture of sustainable impact when grounded in accountability, shared governance, and mutual value."
Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
Grant & Financial Governance
Global Health & Development Programs
Institutional Capacity Building
Donor Compliance & Risk Management
Professional Background
Ousmane Amadou Sy is a senior partnerships and institutional development leader with more than 25 years of experience supporting complex donor-funded programs across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He has held senior advisory and leadership roles with major global health and development institutions, where he has designed, governed, and strengthened large-scale partnership frameworks, grant management systems, and multi-stakeholder coordination platforms spanning governments, multilaterals, civil society, and private sector actors.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
- Grant & Financial Governance
- Health Systems & Community Systems Strengthening
- Institutional Capacity Building
- Donor Compliance & Risk Management
Career Highlights
- Led and advised partnership and governance reforms for Global Fund, Gavi, USAID, the European Union, and bilateral-funded initiatives across 20+ countries.
- Served as senior technical advisor to Country Coordinating Mechanisms, ministries of health, and international agencies on oversight, accountability, and partnership effectiveness.
- Designed and implemented grant management frameworks, dashboards, and operating models adopted by regional and global institutions.
- Member of the Gavi Alliance Independent Review Committee, contributing to funding and performance decisions at the global level.
Education
- Advanced degrees in Finance
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar
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