Regina Akoth Ombam

Regina Akoth Ombam is a Kenyan economist and public policy expert who is the principal secretary, State Department for Trade, Government of Kenya.

Education background Ombam started school at Our Lady of Mercy Primary School in Kamukunji. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology, Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University. She has served in national, regional and global institutions. She was the Regional Health Financing Expert at the East African Community Secretariat where she advocated for sustainable healthcare funding across member states. She established the Health Financing Hub in the region together with the Ministers of Health and Finance where they advocated for an increase in domestic health investments across Africa. She also served as the Deputy Director for HIV Investments at Kenya's National AIDS Control Council(NACC) where she mobilized international and local resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Kenya.