Tariq Ahmad

Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom

Lord Ahmad is the Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was first appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations on 13 June 2017.

Lord Ahmad had a 20 year career in the City working in banking and finance, including at the NatWest Group where he was a senior manager in corporate banking and financial markets. He was later Vice-President and Marketing Director of Alliance Bernstein and his last role before joining the government was as Strategy and Marketing Director at Sucden Financial.

He was educated at Rutlish School and London South Bank University (LSBU) as well as the Chartered Institute of Financial Services.