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. He previously served as the

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. In 2013, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization of Kenya.

Biography

Aden was born to ethnic Somali parents from the

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clan, in the town of El Wak,

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. He attended primary and secondary school. Adan was one of only two pupils at Mandera Primary School who made it to high school. He later joined Kangaru High School in Embu He proceeded to the

, from where he graduated in 1989 with a first class

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degree. After joining

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, he was sent to

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for training as a chartered accountant. He later switched his focus to

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, and was posted to

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for three years in this capacity. In 1994, Aden decided to pursue an

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at the Harvard Business School, a degree he completed in 1998.

Career

Barclays Bank

After receiving his MBA, Aden returned to Kenya and joined the country's Barclays branch as a

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. Aden would rise through the ranks and eventually assume the position of Managing Director of Barclays bank in East and West Africa. Under his tenure, BBK won the ''Banker Awards 2009''.

Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization and Enterprise Development

On 25 April 2013, Mohammed was named as Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, one of 18 Cabinet Secretary nominees to the new

administration. He was later sworn into office on 15 May 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Adan 1963 births Living people Ethnic Somali people Kenyan accountants University of Nairobi alumni Harvard Business School alumni Barclays people Kenyan people of Somali descent People from North Eastern Province (Kenya)

Biography

Career

Barclays Bank

Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization and Enterprise Development

See also

References