Soud is currently a National coordinator – Environment and climate change Governance in Zanzibar at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) based in First Vice President’s Office of Zanzibar government/UND. He holds Masters degree in Bioresearches science from the United Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Ehime prefecture, Matsuyama, Japan, B.Sc (Hons) in Forest and Wildlife science from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Certificate in Conservation biology and endangered species from Durrel Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey UK.

Previously Soud has been working as the Program Quality and Learning Officer/ Carbon development facilitator at CARE International in Tanzania, Mangrove management project coordinator at Society for Natural Resources and Development (SONARECOD), Forest ecologist and community forest facilitator in the Department of Commercial Crops, Fruits and Forest (Forest and wildlife sector), Zanzibar Tanzania, Head of Nature Conservation and Development Section in the Department of Commercial Crops, Fruits and Forest, Zanzibar, Tanzania and the Head of Community Environmental Conservation Section in the Commission for Natural Resources, Zanzibar, Tanzania.