Rizwan Ahmed is an experienced security and administration professional seeking a leadership role. He has over 23 years experience in the armed forces and private sector. Currently, he is a senior manager of security and administration at Askari Cash-In-Transit and also works as a freelance social entrepreneur, media analyst, and corporate trainer. He has an MBA and specialized training and has led teams of hundreds to thousands of people.

1. RIZWAN AHMED
DoB Jan 16
th
, 1971
Cell +92 333 2243366 +92 300 0224350 Email riz.ahmed.ak13@gmail.com smocitkci@askariguards.com
Skype rizwanahmed1971 LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/rizwanahmed13
OBJECTIVE
Administration and Security Professional, Leadership Coach, Trainer, Consultant, Media Analyst, Social Entrepreneur, IBA
Alumnus, Former Armed Forces & United Nations Veteran - is ready to lead Administration & Security at a well reputed
organization having professional environment and offering career growth.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Private Corporate 8/2014 to present
 Employed as Senior Manager Administration & Security at Askari Cash-In-Transit (CIT) & Physical Security.
 As freelance; Social Entrepreneur associated with Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) Ltd, Security Risk Analyst
at Media & Corporate Trainer & Consultant on Leadership, Security Risk & Crisis Management.
Armed Forces 4/1991 – 7/2014
 Accomplished leader with over 23 years of personal administration and security professional experience.
 Guided policy & strategy as principle adviser to senior leadership at military headquarters responsible for training &
development of over 350K men workforce.
 Led financial management of over USD Billion country wide IT & communications project.
 Led military outfits comprising hundreds of men with millions of assets at high risk crisis and counterinsurgency
operations at FATA, Balochistan, Kargil, Kashmir & Congo Africa.
 Professional experience is backed by sound academics i.e. MBA from IBA Karachi and various training certifications.
CORE COMPETENCIES & SKILLS
▪ Leadership ▪ Strategy Planning ▪ Project Management ▪ Learning & Development
▪ Socializing & Networking ▪ Public Relations ▪ Decision Making ▪ Problem Solving/Trouble Shooter
▪ Communications Skills ▪ Social Responsibility ▪ Due Diligence ▪ Security Risk & Crisis Management
MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS
Private Corporate
 Diverse Professional. Achieved diverse profile of Social Entrepreneur, Media Analyst, Leadership Coach, Corporate
Trainer, Speaker, Blogger & Security Administration Professional in a few months after post-transition to private.
 Sales Revenue. Achieved revenue increase by 15% i.e. from Rs 96 Million to Rs 110 Million in 1st
quarter of Cash-In-
Transit operations wef Jan – Mar 2015.
 Leadership. An article written at Wordpress on Strategic Leadership was republished by US Corporate Training Website;
https://leadershipforlifeblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/learn-from-trillion-dollars-strategic-blunders/
 Academics. Holds unique differentiation of business studies complimented with military leadership experience and had
finished MBA (Finance) with sound GPA from IBA Karachi (2001-04) in less than prescribed period.
Armed Forces
 Award. Conferred with national award, TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ on Pakistan Day in recognition of meritorious services.
 Leadership. Survived leadership challenges at multiple high risk crisis, war zones & counterinsurgency operations, while
leading hundreds of men in regional & international cross-cultural & cross-institutional environments.
 Training & Development. Prepared training & development board meeting report – 2014, for review & approval by
army chief & conduct of board meeting by senior military leadership.
 Training & Development. Achieved selection & recruitment of 400+ men workforce target per year for 3 successive
years to eliminate 1200 men (30%) deficiency against 3000 men workforce recruitment objective.
 Selection & Recruitment. Raised HCP of 600+ men workforce at Line of Control (LoC) Kashmir by investing indigenously
generated PKR Millions of funds in a fiscal year over and above official public budget.
 Finance. Compiled excel applications in less than a week time to track paid/balance amount of 200+ IT project
contracts, 500+ part payments, worth over USD Billion and spread over past 6 years timeline.
 Supply Chain. Resourceful liaison during inspections/audit checks of assets (provided under wet lease MOU), enabled
8% revenue increase i.e. from 92% to 100% of reimbursements in USD Millions from United Nations.

2.  Supply Chain. Effective coordination with suppliers, shippers, customs, port terminal, clearing agents and end-users
enabled zero demurrage charges for 50K+ tonnage of cargo cleared annually for 3 years at Port Qasim.
 Security Risk. Led teams of 100+ men workforce and guided them under physical and air raids at Kargil. Also, captured
adversary’s war prisoners and weapons at Kargil conflict.
 Security Risk. Provided security to 500K+ IDPs at FATA, suffering from sectarianism and reduced their travel time and
distance by 50% from tribal agency to provincial capital of KPK.
 Crisis Management. Guided men during earthquake relief & rescue operations at Kashmir/Mansehra and provided
humanitarian relief and assistance to re-settle 500K+ affected people.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - PRIVATE CORPORATE
Askari Cash-In-Transit (Pvt) Ltd
Senior Manager Administration & Security 1/2015 – present
 Leading Cash-In-Transit services with 50 armoured vehicles fleet served with 250 men workforce and average revenue
portfolio of Rs 400 Million per year.
 Cash-In-Transit accounts include all banking and financial institutions, corporate clients, major retail outlets and food
chains, gas stations and industrial units.
 Providing physical security services with over 1K security guards deployed at several corporate clients.
 Physical security accounts include all banking and financial institutions, oil and gas companies, telecom sector, leading
brands of private schools, large industrial units.
 Providing customized security risk assessments, advisories and crisis management plans.
 Providing consultancy for deployment of integrated surveillance and monitoring controls with response measures.
Freelance
Social Entrepreneur 1/2015 – present
 Associated as social entrepreneur team lead with an emerging social enterprise; MSME Ltd based at UK with proposed
operations at developing countries of Africa, MENA & Asia.
 Developing policy, content, programs and networking with like minded partners for strategic alliances to enable
sustainable social development aimed at poverty alleviation.
Geopolitics, Security Risk & Social Responsibility – Media Analyst 12/2014 – present
Appeared as Security Risk & Social Responsibility Analyst at following live shows of leading media channels;
 APS Peshawar Special Program - AAJ News 16th
Apr 2015;
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n1gws_ajj-news-16-apr-15_webcam?start=47
 APS Peshawar Special Program - AAJ News 16th
Jan 2015;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f7ja3_terrorism-societal-security-measures_tv
 21st
Amendment & Military Courts Establishment - PTV News 7th
Jan 2014;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f7eyc_10908618-793792624008083-1998872773-
n_tv?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=newvideoupload
 Pakistan's National Integration & New Year Resolution 2015 - PTV News 31st
Dec 2014;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2edujo_new
 APS Peshawar Terrorist Incident - Express News 17th
Dec 2014;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2du19y_expert-enlightenment-on-current-situation-in-pakistan-and-remedies-by-rizwan-
ahmed_news?start=3
Corporate Trainer & Consultant - Advantedge & Partners (Pvt) Ltd 8/2014 – present
 Associated as corporate consultant and trainer with HR consultants.
 Developing leadership, security risk & crisis management public training programs.
 Conducted guest speaker sessions at IBA MBA program & Security Professional Conference at Shell House, Karachi.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – MILITARY
Armed Forces
Assistant Director Training & Development 3/2014 – 7/2014
 Guided training and combat development board as executive adviser to senior leadership at military headquarters.
 Prepared revised training policies applicable to 350K men workforce to raise combat development capacity.
 Enhanced flawless communications across country to support & implement executive decisions by senior leadership.
Assistant Director IT Finance 10/2013 –2/2014
 Acted as financial adviser to senior leadership for IT & communications at military headquarters.
 Optimized financial leverage for implementation of country-wide IT project worth over USD billion.
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3. Chief Operations Officer 10/2009 – 9/2013
 Led 250 men & 2500 reservist at Karachi & 600 men workforce at Kashmir.
 Optimized HCP in selection, recruitment, training, retention, rewards, compensations & employee relations of 250 men
workforce for 3 years at Karachi and 600 men workforce for one year at Kashmir.
 Planned and executed over dozen training & development programs of 8 weeks in-house/field sessions in each quarter,
for 3 years with an average intake of over 100 men workforce.
 Reduced cost by 25% in advance stocking of supplies to sustain 600 men for six months in snowbound areas.
 Ensured efficient utilization and cost effective inventory management of arms, equipments, utilities, transport fleets,
office equipments, building infrastructures held for above stated workforce.
 Enhanced inspections & audit checks through efficiently managed and cost effective repairs & recoveries.
 Conducted threat assessments and raised operational security to mitigate security risks at strategic assets.
 Led high profile executive protection for VVIPs to include heads of states & armed forces.
 Conducted effective due diligence and investigative inquiries to resolve several incidents of crimes and
misappropriations.
Frontier Corps KPK, Ministry of Interior
Chief Operations Officer 2/2008 – 9/2009
 Led 600 men workforce at war on terror in high risk tribal areas of Waziristan & Parachinar, KPK.
 Empowered decentralized leadership to ensure minimal loss of men & material with proactive security discipline &
operational readiness at counterinsurgency operations.
 Acquired cross-institutional diversity at leading joint operations teams of ISAF/NATO forces.
 Led socially responsible and impact oriented humanitarian relief operations for 500K+ people suffering sectarianism.
United Nations Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo
Supply Chain Manager 1/2007 – 1/2008
 Established supply chains to sustain 800 men workforce deployed across 100 square miles area.
 Raised revenue in USD millions for military hardware provided under wet lease MOU to United Nations.
 Reduced time delays of air transit requisitions for movement between Pakistan and Congo in respect of relief/rotation
and emergency evacuations of men and provision/replacement of supplies and equipment.
 Raised social protection levels during joint operations with United Nations affiliates & International NGOs.
Armed Forces
Administration Manager 7/2004 – 12/2006
 Acted as executive staff of senior leadership, responsible to administer 3 military units comprising 2500 men workforce.
 Raised levels of employee relations, rewards, welfare, logistics, security, discipline & legal matters.
 Led disaster/crisis management during earthquake relief operations with International NGOs under ERRA.
Supply Chain Manager 3/2001 – 6/2004
 Raised and established independent military cargo clearance unit and warehouse at Port Qasim industrial town Karachi.
 Reduced demurrage charges to zero taxes by ensuring efficient liaison and effective clearance of cargo.
Assistant Manager Administration 3/1991 – 2/2001
 Led several teams in aid of civil power in all provinces across country for internal security, general elections, electoral
rolls verification, schools monitoring and WAPDA duty etc.
 Acted as team for acquisition and development of 4000 acres of desert land for Chhor garrison project at Thar Desert.
EDUCATION
▪ MBA GPA 3.3 (Finance) 2001-04 Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi
▪ BSc 1989-91 Pakistan Military Academy Kakul
INTERESTS
▪ Golf ▪ Dogs ▪ Arts & Crafts ▪Poetry ▪ Human Psychology ▪Social Welfare ▪ Geopolitics
REFERENCES
 Lt Gen (Retd) Javed
Zia, (Hilal-I-Imtiaz)
Pakistan Ambassador to Libya, Former Chairman Army Welfare Trust,
Former Corps Commander Quetta, Former DG Rangers Sind
javedzia54@gmail.com
 Mr. Arif Ali Khan
Abbasi
CEO Arabian Sea Country Club, Former Managing Director PIA, Former Chief
Executive Pakistan Cricket Board
aaka36e@yahoo.com
 Mr. Izhar Hussain Director Centre for Executive Education (CEE) IBA Karachi imhussain@iba.edu.pk
 Mr. Tariq Umar CEO Stern Pharma, Former Managing Director (Hoechst Marion Roussel)
Sanofi Pakistan
sternpharma@gmail.com
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