Adan Abdulla Mohammed (Somali: Aadan Maxamed, Arabic: آدم محمد) is a prominent Kenyan banker and entrepreneur.

[1] Aden was born to ethnic Somali parents from the Garre clan,[2] in the town of El Wak, Mandera District, Kenya.

He later joined Kangaru High School in Embu[3] He proceeded to the University of Nairobi, from where he graduated in 1989 with a first class BCom degree.

After receiving his MBA, Aden returned to Kenya and joined the country's Barclays branch as a Finance Director.

Aden would rise through the ranks and eventually assume the position of Managing Director of Barclays bank in East and West Africa.