Our team / our experts

Senior specialists who have done the work before.

HIIL is led by professionals with decades of combined experience across administration, governance, policy, law, and food systems — in both the public and private sectors.

Leadership & expertise

The people behind the mandate

Managing Director
Mohamud Eggeh Yusuf

Admin & finance, human resource management, project management, and administrative & logistics expert with deep experience across the public and private sectors.

25+ years of experience
Policy & Legal Expert
Mohamud Abdilahi Abdi

Governance and policy development expert specializing in public sector reform, institutional strengthening, and strategic planning.

23+ years of experience
Food Systems & Policy Expert
Mabsoud Elmi Mawliid

Expert in agricultural policy formulation, institutional strengthening, food systems development, and sectoral strategic planning.

8+ years of experience
A deep bench

Backed by a full range of technical expertise

Our core team is supported by a network of associates and sector specialists, giving every engagement access to the right discipline at the right time.

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Policy formulation
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Legal drafting
03
Public sector reform
04
Organizational development
05
Research & assessments
06
Project management
07
Capacity-building initiatives
08
Public awareness campaigns

Building a team for a complex mandate?

We assemble multi-disciplinary teams around the problem — not the other way around.