Adnan Ahmed - Member Profile

Adnan Ahmed has over 30 years of experience in the areas of General Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales, mainly in Multinationals. He has led three organizations in Pakistan. This includes two Multinationals -the US Fortune 500 company Avery Dennison, and the Punjab-based, Retail Pharmacy Chain – Servaid. He is currently a Strategic Business consultant for the Retail, Healthcare, and Industrial sectors.

Mr. Ahmed’s earlier career includes ICI, Philips, and Sandoz. Achievements include setting up and leading Avery Dennison’s Pakistan entity to become the fastest-growing unit globally in Avery Dennison RBIS from 2009 to 2011. He also led Servaid from 2015 to 2017 to a position where it became the largest retail pharmacy chain in the country. Amongst other achievements, he has received the ICI Chief Executive’s Award for SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) and launched the breakthrough PTA Bulk project in ICI Polyester. Mr. Ahmed also handled regional projects in his ICI and Avery Dennison tenure. Mr Ahmed has been on various boards including Avery Dennison and Utility Stores of Pakistan, where he was the Chairman of the Purchasing Committee as well. Mr Ahmed’s Consultancy and Training clients include Indus Hospital for which he led a team of 700 people on a TB project, Zultec Pakistan – which he led briefly, Dvago Pharmacy, Smash Burgers, and United Energy amongst others.

Mr Ahmed has a passion for education. He has been an Honorary Director for ISCEA – (International Supply Chain Education Alliance). He is currently a member of the Board of Studies at MiTE where he has developed the entire BBA curriculum. He has also developed the PGD-Supply Chain curriculum for IBA (Institute of Business Administration) as well as for Supply Chain courses for the BBA program. He is also the most popular Visiting Faculty for IBA and teaches specific courses in Sales, Retailing, and Supply Chain. Mr. Ahmed has a keen interest in developing young people and spends time mentoring young/middle management professionals. More than 15 C-Suite leaders who have been personally groomed by him.

For his contributions to the Industry, Philanthropy, and Academia, Mr. Ahmed has been recognized in the list of Prominent Alumni of IBA. It’s a list of 500 Alumni since 1955, when IBA was set up in Pakistan by Wharton Business School. Mr. Ahmed is an MBA and BBA (Hons) from IBA and MPhil from IoBM, Karachi. He is also a Ph.D. scholar from the prestigious University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.