Experience
- Head of Executive Strategy, Oxfam International
- Steering Committee, The Economist Impact’s Health Inclusivity Index
- Co-Founder, 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
New York Times | 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
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.
