Meet the Moderator
Omer Bomba Mohammed is the Managing Partner of Veritas Consulting, an Ethiopia focused management consultancy. In this capacity, he has led a series of the organization’s key works. He presently leads a GEAPP / Rockefeller Foundation supported project to pilot a $25m facility and potentially scale productive use of anchored mini-grids in small-holder horticulture farming communities, the project coordinates activities between private developers, energy and agriculture public authorities, academic research facilities, and donors. Previous initiatives Omer played a leadership role in include the development of the National Commercial Agriculture Strategy, national survey and strategy report for SMEs, and a four-year engagement to develop/incubate / and scale an aftercare department at the Ethiopian Investment Commission.
Prior to Veritas, Omer served as a Fund Manager for an agribusiness venture fund, and as a lead private initiatives advisor at UNDP Ethiopia. Before his return to Ethiopia in 2010, Omer started his professional career as a research analyst in New York for distressed debt, equity, and mutual fund securities. In the public sector, Omer served in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration as the City’s Small Business Services Director of Planning and Policy for workforce development. Omer earned his MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, an MSc in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics, and his Bachelor’s in International Business from Albright College.
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