Kamil Kayode KAMALUDDEEN:
Country Director
Kamil Kayode Kamaluddeen (Nigeria) joined the UN System in 1998
and has since served in different positions with UNDP Nigeria (1998 -
2002), HDRO, New York (2000-2001), ILO Regional Office for Africa,
Abidjan (2002) and UNDP Offices in Ghana (2002-2005) and Liberia
(2002-2008) where he served as Economics Advisor. Most recently, he
was Country Director, UNDP Ghana. Mr. Kamaluddeen has worked
extensively on human development, democratic governance and post-
conflict policies particularly in Africa. He has provided technical
advisory support for the preparation of several national and regional
poverty reduction and MDG-linked development strategies, including
Human Development Reports in Nigeria, Laos, Ghana, and Liberia; and
the UNDP Corporate Policy on NHDR. Kamil supported the development of Liberia’s post-conflict needs
assessment (2003) and helped develop Liberia’s Results-Focused Transition Framework (2004) and its
implementation strategy. Mr. Kamaluddeen has extensive experience in Africa as consultant, trainer and
policy advisor in the field of development and public sector management in which he has many
publications to his credit. Prior to joining the UN system, Mr. Kamaluddeen has had a distinguished
academic career (1984–1998) at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDU) Sokoto, Nigeria where he
taught, conducted research and supervised academic theses in Economics and Management Studies before
leaving as Head of Department in 1998. He was appointed Professor at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria in
1999. Mr. Kamaluddeen holds a PhD in Economics from UDU, Sokoto, Nigeria and a Postgraduate
Certificate in Cross-sector Partnerships from the University of Cambridge in 2007.