Ahmed, a Bahraini National, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA), in charge of its $1.5bn 400kV Electricity Super-Grid interconnecting the Power grids of the six GCC states, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, availing exchange and trade of electric power between GCC states National Grids, in addition to emergency support during grid incidents. He has been with GCCIA for 16 years since he initially joined in 2007 as director of operations & maintenance.

He has over 30 years of experience in power systems, electric grids and infrastructure operation and planning, including previously working as CEO of Sintegro International, an infrastructure and facilities management development company for large scale real estate developments, and earlier as Manager of System Operations in the Ministry of Electricity & Water Bahrain.

Ahmed holds M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, B.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin – USA, and MBA from DePaul University USA.

He is Steering Board Member and former President of Very Large Grid Operators Organization (GO15), Board Member of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) USA, Board member and Technical Committee Chairman of GCC Cigre, Board Member of the Association of Power Exchanges (APEx), Board Member of InfraCorp Co. Bahrain, and former Board Member of the GCC Electrical Testing Lab company,

In 2017, Ahmed was voted amongst the Top 15 most influential people in the GCC utilities industry.