Dr Ahmed is the Chief Quality Officer (CQO) at Sydney Met.

Dr Ahmed has extensive leadership experience in managing academic institutions’ academic governance. He brings a wealth of knowledge, proven capability and leadership track record in academic governance, strategic planning and policy, compliance, cybersecurity capacity building, TEQSA Registration, Course Design, and management in education.

He is passionate about educational quality assurance. He has a proven track record in course development, course delivery, TEQSA registration, and compliance. In particular, he has spent considerable time developing and implementing strategies and institutional policies to assist with business growth and development, ensuring high rates of student retention and institutional success.

Over his career spanning over 26 years, he has worked, including 16 years of Australian education experience at Ikon Institute of Australia, Australian Polytechnic Institute (AuPI), AIM Business School (ABS), Kent Institute Australia (Kent), Torrens University Australia (Former Think Education) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He has also worked over 15 years in managing online education and developing blended courses and over 10 years in dealing with TEQSA, ASQA, and other external stakeholders. In his previous work with Ikon Institute, he successfully managed a team of more than 150 permanent and casual staff including, 8 direct reports, 3 campus operations (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide) with domestic, international, and online students.