Ahmed is a global citizen who effectively links Middle East and North African cultures, businesses, and politics to those of other nations with the objective of generating handsome profits.In a career as an executive in large multinationals, Ahmed excelled in translating research results into successful commercial products in the consumer products domain. His basic understanding of applied research and his ability to recruit strong technical talent were combined to secure meaningful profits for a number of large multinational corporations. His international background has helped him in leading and securing excellent results on global and complex multifunctional initiatives. Since 2005, Ahmed combined his multinational corporate career with his strong business and political connections in the Middle East to consult and advice small to large organizations conducting business and/or targeting business expansion in the Middle East, Africa, and the Carribean region. He manages Middle East and Africa business initiatives for Optima Advisors, a New York based enterprise).Starting from 2012, he has channeled a good amount of his energy towards Securing human rights of citizens of the Middle East as well as Jounalists reporting from different regions of the world. He works with a prestigious London-based Human Rights Law firm to support those rights. He is an energetic individual who is very comfortable working across cultures and who thrives on undertaking challenging assignments in multifunctional and multicultural and environments.