
Omar is Runnymede's head of policy research and, among other projects, leads the financial inclusion programme. Omar sits on the Department for Work and Pensions' Ethnic Minority Advisory Group.
Omar's other advisory positions include Olmec (a social enterprise), the 2011 Census, the Household Longitudinal Survey, the Electoral Reform Society, the Payments Council, and as the UK representative on the European Commission’s Socio-economic network of experts.