Alhaji Ahmad has about 35 years distinguished experience leading and working in various public sector organizations and financial services institutions in Nigeria. He was the pioneer DG/CEO of the National Pension Commission where he established and grew pension industry asset to over ₦5 trillion.  
 
A strong advocate of corporate governance and ethical standards, he is currently the Chairman of the Board Skye Bank Plc. He also chairs the Interim Management Board of International Energy Assurance and is the founder of Jewel Development Foundation, a graduate assistant platform, and Certium Consulting, a strategy advisory and business applications company.   
 
He was a pioneer staff of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) where he rose to become Director/HOD and a member of the Interim Management Board. Mr. Ahmad has served on the boards of various corporate and not-for-profit organisations as well as presidential committees including Chair of the Technical Committee that produced the North East Transformation Strategy (NESTS); Member of the Presidential Committee for the North East Intervention (PCNI). He was formerly a Director on the Board of FBN Holdings Plc.   
 
He has a Masters Diploma in Innovation and Strategy from University of Oxford and has attended courses at Harvard Business School, IMD and INSEAD. A co-author of the book, “The Extent and Effectiveness of Bank Supervision in Nigeria”.