Ahmed is an accomplished project executive with more than 13 years of experience leading large-scale capital projects and strategic initiatives across the public and private sectors. Most recently, Ahmed advised the city of Los Angeles on its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In this role, he led the negotiations of key agreements and oversaw the development of the proposed $5.3 billion games budget. Before joining the Los Angeles city government, Ahmed helped launch and scale Deloitte’s operations in Libya while advising the country’s multibillion-dollar sovereign development fund on opportunities to leverage investments in infrastructure as catalysts for socioeconomic development.