Nairobi, Aug. 7 -- Mohamud Salat, the CEO of Hass Petroleum was born in a dusty town in Garissa County in North Eastern. The sun always hang low and as a child, he would join his peers to swim in the Tana River, unperturbed by the notorious crocodiles of the Tana River.

Mohamud - like most of his neighbours - grew up in a large family. Resources were bleak but he made it to University of Nairobi where he studied Economics and later a Master's in Economic Policy Analysis.

His first employer was KPMG where he joined in 2008, leaving in 2013 as Senior Advisor, Fragile and Conflicted States. He joined Hass Petroleum as Group Head, Internal Audit, then as CFO five years later.

Eight months ago, he got the corner office with his name on the CE...