Nabil Ahmed
Director, Economic and Racial Justice
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Nabil leads Oxfam's agenda on economic and racial justice that works with policymakers, advocates, and organizers to address inequality in the US and internationally. He is a strategic convener, influencing policies and ideas on wealth and income inequality, financing and taxation, health and worker power at the intersection of class, race and gender. Nabil also leads with others Oxfam’s global effort on post-neoliberalism. He has led alliances and teams to win policy progress with governments and the private sector.
Based in Washington DC, Nabil joined Oxfam America in 2022. He is a public speaker and contributor on inequality issues, on outlets including Bloomberg, CNN and NPR. He has authored and co-authored flagship Oxfam reports, including “Inequality Kills” and “Inequality Inc.”.
Nabil was formerly Oxfam International’s Head of Executive Strategy and Communications, based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he led influencing and public engagement efforts to tackle inequality and the climate crisis and led Oxfam’s work to raise attention on inequality at the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF).
Nabil has led Oxfam’s engagement with the International Labor Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work and the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, and represented Oxfam on the WEF Advisory Board on Risks. He has served on the Steering Committee of The Economist Group’s Health Inclusivity Index, and was an Expert for Club de Madrid’s “System Change for Economic Transformation” Policy Dialogue. Nabil co-founded the People’s Vaccine Alliance that fostered a movement of millions of people, and led efforts with world leaders and Nobel Laureates to challenge pharmaceutical monopolies over Covid-19 vaccines.
Nabil was formerly a national organizer, worked in the private sector at Unilever, and is a graduate of the University of Manchester, UK.