Mohamed Omar, PhD

Mohamed is a seasoned and strategic leader in the areas of strategy, knowledge management, tax administration and policy, research, and national development planning. With a distinguished career that spans the public sector and academia, he is leading the Oxus Management Consultants team.

He is the former commissioner for strategy at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), where his remit included spearheading the authority’s strategic planning, innovation, policy, research, knowledge management, and risk management. Prior to joining KRA, he was the Economic Pillar Director at the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, the organization tasked with coordinating the country’s long-term development plan. At the Kenya Vision 2030, he was responsible for giving overall leadership and strategic direction to the implementation of the Vision 2030 flagship projects in the economy’s productive sectors. With respect to academia, he teaches at the University of Nairobi and has previously held the position of assistant professor at the Kuwait Maastricht Business School. Mohamed holds a PhD in management.