Mr. Mohamed has over 40 years of experience in international development and diplomacy. Mr. Yonis holds an MPA from Harvard University where he was a Mason Fellow, and a BA in Political Science and Business Management from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He also holds diplomas in conflict resolution and in education obtained in Canada, Somalia and Germany. He is well known as an expert on public policy, particularly, in relation to governance, management and peace building in Africa. Mr. Yonis spent over 17 years at the United Nations, leaving at the Assistant Secretary-General level as the Deputy Joint Special Representative for Operations and Management in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. He also worked for the African Development Bank in Côte d’Ivoire for almost 15 years at various senior positions, including the Deputy Director of Human Resources Management, and Director/Management Adviser to the Bank President. Mr. Yonis is a seasoned public figure and served as a former Foreign Minister of Somaliland for over two years through October 2015. While in that capacity, he co-hosted the first Investment Conference for Somaliland with the UK Government in London; led a high-level delegation to the first Somaliland Conference at the European Union Parliament in Brussels in January 2015; and participated as an observer at the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings in May 2015.