Experience
- Head of Executive Strategy at Oxfam International
- Steering Committee of The Economist Impact’s Health Inclusivity Index
- Co-founder of People’s Vaccine Alliance
Expertise
- Cost of living, wealth and income inequality
- Tax and revenue policy
- International economic policy
Education
- The University of Manchester, B.S.
Recent Coverage
NOVEMBER 24, 2025
Reuters: G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism
“This is the first meeting of world leaders … which put the inequality emergency at the centre of the international agenda,” Nabil Ahmed, Senior Director of Economic Justice at international charity Oxfam, told Reuters
NOVEMBER 23, 2025
Nabil Ahmed, director of economic and racial justice at think tank Oxfam, said it was the first time that a G20 agenda had inequality as one of its central pillars. “The world recognizes that we have a climate emergency. It’s now time that we recognize that we have an inequality emergency as well,” he said. “One thing that South Africa managed to do as the first host of a G20 meeting on African soil, was to prioritize the interests of African nations and the interests of global south nations,” he said.
NOVEMBER 23, 2025
NYT: Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot
“I think the big message coming out of this G20 is that despite the geopolitical bullying that exists, despite the power of the U.S., that countries can come together and still get stuff done,” said Nabil Ahmed, a senior director at Oxfam America who attended the summit.
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About Nabil
As Director of Economic and Racial Justice at Oxfam America, Nabil leads the organization’s agenda to tackle inequality in the US and internationally, working with policymakers, advocates and movements.
He is a strategic advocate and convener, influencing policies and public discourse on wealth and income inequality, financing, health and worker power at the intersection of class, race and gender. He has advanced efforts to win policy progress in the US and internationally, including on issues of taxation and vaccine equity. Nabil formerly led global inequality initiatives at Oxfam International, driving efforts with governments and at the UN and G7, and co-founded the People’s Vaccine Alliance.
Nabil is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Equitable Transition. He also sat on the Steering Committee for the Health Inclusivity Index of The Economist Group, was an Expert for Club de Madrid’s “System Change for Economic Transformation” Policy Dialogue and supported the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council.
Nabil was formerly a national organizer, worked in the private sector at Unilever, and is a graduate of the University of Manchester, UK.
