Javed Ahmed
Javed Ahmed is a Pakistani American businessman. He was the chief executive of Tate & Lyle plc from 2009 to 2018.
Early life
Ahmed graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1982, and received an MBA from Stanford [Graduate School of Business] in 1984.Career
He started his career with Procter & Gamble, then spent five years with Bain & Co in London and Boston, before joining Reckitt Benckiser, where he worked for 17 years.Ahmed became CEO of Tate & Lyle in October 2009, replacing Iain Ferguson. In January 2018, the retirement of Ahmed, effective from 1 April 2018 was announced, and chief financial officer Nick Hampton was named CEO-designate.
In December 2018 it was announced that Ahmed would become a non-executive director of CF Industries.