Shabbir Ahmed

CORE COMPETENCIES:

International executive management. Strong expertise & extensive knowledge in Finance, Control, Business Restructuring and Business Development with large multinational companies.

EXPERIENCE:

Managing Partner, Princeton Global Equity , USA October 2007 - present
Princeton Global Equity is a management and investment company established to generate and manage private equity and venture capital, primarily directed toward growth and development projects in Asia .

CFO and Vice President Finance & Control, Europe Aug 2006 – June 2007

Employer : Stanley Works - Stanley Works is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products for home improvement, consumer, industrial and professional use (approx. $ 4 billion USD Revenues in 2006) .

Vice President, Change Management, Europe Sep 2005 – Aug 2006

Employer : Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) - World's largest independent supplier of automotive interior systems and leading worldwide supplier of building control systems, services and building management (approx. $ 27 billion USD Revenues in 2004 with 123,000 employees).

CFO and Vice President, Finance & Control, Europe June 2003 – Sep 2005

Employer : Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI)

Head of Finance & Control, Region North America Dec 1999 – June 2003

Employer : Linde Group - One of the global leaders in Gas and Welding, Refrigeration and Materials Handling. Linde Group reached Revenues of approx. $9.5 billion USD in 2001 with 46,000 employees worldwide.

Corp. Vice President, Group Controller of Commercial Services & IT June 1998 – Nov 1999

Employer : AGA AB Sweden (assignment based in Stockholm , SWEDEN ). One of the global leaders in Gas and Welding – Annual Revenues approx. USD $ 1billion.

Group Controller and Coordinator for Global Admin Modernization Project Nov 1997 – June 1999

Employer : AGA AB , Sweden (assignment based in Hamburg , GERMANY ).

CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and Director of Commercial Services & IT Feb 1996 – Nov 1997

Employer : AGA Gas srl, Romania (assignment based in Bucharest , ROMANIA ).

Chief Controller 1991- 1996

Employer : AGA GmbH AGA GmbH Austria (assignment based in Vienna , AUSTRIA ).

Financial Engineer / Foreign Exchange trader 1990 - 1991

Employer : Citicorp/Citibank Austria (based in Vienna , AUSTRIA ) .

Business Language Instructor 1986 - 1990

Employer : Berlitz Language Schools (based in Vienna , AUSTRIA ) – parallel studies.

EDUCATION

•  MBA in Business Administration - Vienna , Austria .

LANGUAGES

• Fluent: English, German, Bengali.
• Others: Spanish, French, Hindi.

INTERESTS and ACTIVITIES

• Music: Sing as well as play several musical instruments. Have performed professionally in numerous European countries as well as throughout the US .