Mr. Hamisi M. Williams is currently the Assistant FAO Representative for Kenya and in charge of Country Programmes. Until his appointment, he was the Technical Policy and Institutional Governance Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, having concluded the same function in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries & Irrigation where he served on secondment from the Executive Office of the President. Mr. Hamisi has also served in various capacities as the Head of Policy Research and Strategy at the State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) unit under the Executive Office of the President where he led and implemented research outcomes on institutional governance.

Mr. Hamisi has a keen interest in institutional reforms vis-à-vis governance, more so within the transformation of Kenya’s agricultural landscape in promoting food and nutritional security.

He holds a Master of Science in Agricultural Information and Communication Management from the University of Nairobi and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management. Others include Cochran Fellow in Agricultural Policy from North Carolina State University (USA), Data Management Tool from Harvard University (USA), Project Management from University of Adelaide (Australia) and Agricultural Products and Trade Policies from AMI Institute, Beijing, China.