Kristina Balciauskaite
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Kristina Balciauskaite

Senior Research Manager

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Kristina is a Senior Research Manager at Euromonitor International with 18+ years of research experience.

She leads of team analysts covering Euromonitor’s Economies and Consumers research and data, delivering content and insights for topics like income and expenditure, households, lifestyles, economy, finance and trade and industrial research, amongst others. Her team provides country specific insights into current trends and future directions of B2B markets, consumer spending potential, business environment and economic development. With 14 years of experience in B2B analysis, Kristina is also a highly proficient speaker on topics like sustainability, global consumer trends and business dynamics.

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