Founder & Managing DirectorLIfT (Lead Institute for Transfromation)
Lalaina is a citizen empowerer, a strong believer of people power and non-formal education practitioner for almost 30 years.
Founder of LIfT (Lead Institute for Transformation), an organisation facilitating leadership development, advancing social equity and raising mental health awareness, she is also a Social & Citizen Engagement Specialist at the World Bank. Prior to that, she has dedicated 13 years with Liberty 32, a Malagasy volunteer-based organisation working in democracy building and civic engagement, as a co-founder then Executive Director. She serves on various initiatives advocating for youth effective representation. She is a Community Exchange Program (CEE) mentor towards cultivating the global next generation of talent in civil society.
Lalaina graduated in economics from the University of Antananarivo, then went onto complete further at King’s College London and SOAS, University of London. She is an Obama Leader, an Archbishop Tutu Fellow and a Mo Ibrahim Scholar.