Ahmed comes with a total experience of 17 years in the UAE. He started his career in the financial service industry with EFG Hermes, one of the leading brokers in Middle East, as an account officer. In July 2009 Ahmed moved into the custody space with Citibank UAE DCC as operation officer. During his time with Citi he worked on major infrastructure projects such as the launch of Direct custody Kuwait in 2011, Bahrain in 2011, MENA Global custody in 2012 and Direct custody Saudi Arabia in 2019. His last designation in Citibank was as Deputy Head for the Middle East securities services operations. In August 2021 moved to BNYM as part of the Market Management team looking over the Middle East markets. In this role he is at the crossroads between product and network management, translating market change into new services for clients