Dr. Hameed Nuru is the Director of WFP Africa Union Global Office and Representative to the AU and UNECA. He assumed his duty in Addis Ababa as from 27 April 2021. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Nuru was Representative and Country Director of the World Food Programme Sudan from 2019 to 2020 and Representative and Country Director of India from 2015 to 2019. Preceding with Global Alliance Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) from 2009 - 2014. As the Senior Director Policy & External Affairs, he has vast experience in the areas of policy, advocacy, partnerships and communications. Overseeing a global portfolio as the spokesperson of GALVmed, he also managed the Africa and India offices.

Dr. Nuru was responsible for driving the overall GALVmed strategy and positioning the organization globally. From 2006 - 2008, he worked with the African Union - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) based out of Nairobi, Kenya.

As the Senior Policy Officer Livestock & Fisheries, he was responsible for policy and strategy formulation, and follow up for livestock and fisheries at the continental level with contributions towards the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). A veterinarian by training, he has also worked as the Principal Veterinary Officer for the Government of Botswana, Department of Veterinary Services, on livestock disease control. He however started his work life as a university academic in Africa and the U.K.Dr. Nuru is a citizen of Botswana, and has a passion for advocacy towards poverty alleviation and livelihood enhancement linked to food and nutritional security.