He is the Director of Planning and Economy in the Ministry of Finance and Economy for Kordofan Region, in Sudan. His particular interest is in regional planning, to improve local planning efforts in Sudan after the decentralization of government. Mr. Zumam is currently developing strategies to help traditional farmers adopt new technologies. He was a member of the Industrial Production Corporation of Sudan for eight years, and was senior economist in the Sudan Development Corporation, a development finance company, for three years, where he carried out research and monitored SDC projects.

Mr. Zumam holds a B.Sc. (Honors) degree (1972) from the University of Khartoum and an M.A. (1977) from the University of Manchester, U.K., both in Economics.