Gerard Sambou is an experienced director, leading the Centre Sportif Fayda and heading the Global Sports Alliance in Dakar. He is a former team player of the national volleyball team of Sénegal. In addition he is a licensed master trainer in social and financial education coordinated by Aflatoun and trained over 200 teachers and other education staff since 2012. He is a trainer/coach for many volleyball teams.

 

He was successful in bringing the national volleyball team to the Africa Cup. For the Heights and Minds Foundation, he will oversee all activities in Senegal and coordinate the implementation and realization of the Mind Ups by the affiliated NGOs and also liaise with the Comite pour la Lutte contre la Malnutrition, which is a body under the supervision of the Presidential Administration.