Mr. Assad Mattin is the Founder and CEO of OXUS Consulting Group, a company based in Washington, D.C. and Kabul, actively providing training, assistance and advisory services to the U.S. government and private institutions in Afghanistan.

Assad previously served as the Chief of Staff to the President of Afghanistan, Director of Communication at the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Afghan Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, NY. Assad’s corporate experience in the U.S. includes senior management positions at corporations including Marriot Corporation, St. Paul Insurance, USF+G, and First Equitable. Since 2007, Assad has spent the majority of his time in Afghanistan leading OXUS and regularly convenes policy level meetings with the Afghanistan leadership including the Afghanistan president, some cabinet members, parliamentarians, community leaders, as well as leaders of the Afghan private sector.

Under Assad’s leadership, some contributions of OXUS include professional capacity training of Afghan private sector leaders across different industries, assistance and advisory to Afghan ministries across different functional areas/departments (including support for civilianization at MoD/MoI and transparency and anti-corruption initiatives), major technology/power/water projects, and the introduction/facilitation of leading global companies. Assad completed postgraduate studies in political science and diplomacy at Oxford University. He has also studied strategic management at Cornell University and business administration at Georgetown University. Assad completed his undergraduate degree in economics at Kabul University.

Assad is a writer and provides economic and political commentaries for Afghan and international media outlets. He has chaired several major international conferences on Afghanistan’s economy and security in Kabul, Dubai and Istanbul. Assad is a long time board member and executive of the Afghan American Chamber of Commerce.