Mr. Baboucarr Sompo Ceesay

Mr. Ceesay served for 22 years in The Gambia Public Service. He started as a Cadet Planner and rose through the ranks to become the Director of Planning in the then Ministry of Economic Planning and Industrial Development. He served as a Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Finance and Economic Affairs, and Trade, Industry and Employment and as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Culture.

For over a year, Mr. Ceesay served as a UN International Staff to UNMISET and UNOTIL as a Senior Policy Adviser on Financial and Budgetary Affairs to The Minister of Planning and Finance. He participated actively at the highest level of policy decision-making including the supervision and preparation of the Second Five Year Development (1980/81-1985/86) for Economic and Social Development, three-year Rolling Development Plans, Public Investment Programme (PIP), monitoring the implementation of the Economic Recovery and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Finally, Mr. Ceesay served two (2) years as Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom