He served as the Chief of Judicial and Legal Affairs, and formerly the Head of Chambers, of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.Prior to his current appointment, Ahmed was: 1) a rapporteur for the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals; 2) a Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal; 3) a prosecuting attorney at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; and 4) a Fellow at the International Court of Justice.
Ahmed graduated in law from the London School of Economics where he was a Chevening Scholar.
He is a member of the Lincoln's Inn and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.
He did Bachelor of Technology from NIT Warangal and schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bairagarh (Bhopal).