Lite is a thought-leader and author on strategy and international business, stakeholder engagement and management, sustainability, sustainable development and emerging markets. She specializes in energy, extractives, telecommunications, banking and fintech. She was the inaugural Distinguished Fellow of the INSEAD Africa initiative. Her award-winning research is highly cited, has been presented at conferences worldwide, and has been published in internationally renowned journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, and Strategy Science.

She holds a Ph.D. in Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with specialization in Strategy and Multinational Management. She also earned a M.S. in Management from The Wharton School; a MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy, with specialization in International Development, from the Robert Wagner School of Public Service at New York University; and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.

She has worked in different capacities with multinational extractive companies in oil, gas and mining, in different parts of Africa, as well as with non-governmental and multilateral organizations. More recently, she has worked with different organizations on fintech and mobile money in West Africa. She is on the faculty at INSEAD in France, and previously at the University of South Carolina.

She is a managing partner and co-founder of Saense Strategy Consulting LLC —a boutique strategic consulting firm specializing in strategy and business development in complex environments with a focus on strategic change, performance, and impact. We work with private firms, multilaterals, and government agencies to craft bespoke strategic solutions, and guide strategic implementation, to transform how organizations navigate complex environments to achieve sustainable growth, long-term performance, and transformative impact. With a combination of over 25 years of expertise and consulting, Saense Strategy Consulting brings unparalleled expertise and insights to their practice to uniquely provide guidance and create and capture value for organizations seeking to invest in or grow within complex environments.