Ambassador Yusuf Abdulrahman Nzibo is the former National Chairman of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM)– an umbrella body that represents the interests and aspirations of the Muslim community in Kenya. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Latin American Studies and a Master of Philosophy, both from the University Glasgow (Scotland);a Master of Business Administration from Strayer College (United States); and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History and Politics from the University of Nairobi (Kenya).

He served as a Commissioner of both the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (2009-2011) and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Kenya (November 2011 to January 2017). He was a Lecturer at the University of Nairobi for 10 years where he taught Latin American, Kenyan, and the History of Political Ideas. He has published several articles in local and international journals. He has specialized in the history of the spread of Islam into the interior of Kenya during the colonial period.

In 2006, he spearheaded the setting up of the first Islamic bank in Kenya (Gulf African Bank Limited) borrowing heavily on the knowledge he acquired from visiting several Islamic banks in both Dubai and Bahrain and the Meezan Bank of Pakistan. Prior to this, he served as the Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (1996 – 1998); Kenya’s Ambassador to the Netherlands covering Slovak and the Czech Republics (1998-2000); a non-resident Ambassador to Mexico and the Republic of Colombia (2000 – 2004); and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (2004 – 2006).