Ahmed Fahour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Early life and career Fahour was born in Lebanon in 1966, and migrated to Australia with his parents in 1970. He studied at St Josephs College in North Fitzroy, and later attended Redden College in Preston. After high school, he attended Latrobe University in Melbourne from 1984.[citation needed] He went on to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at Melbourne Business School in 1993 while working for Boston Consulting Group.[citation needed] He became a director of the group in 1997 and spent a year as Co-Managing Director of its joint-venture investment company, Iformation.[citation needed] Banking executive He joined Citigroup in 2000 as senior vice-president of corporate development in New York, at the age of 36.[citation needed] Subsequently, around 2002, Fahour became CEO of Citigroup Alternative Investments where he was responsible for consolidating all the non-traditional investment businesses (Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate)[citation needed] In February 2004 Fahour was named chief executive of Citigroup (Australia and New Zealand).[citation needed] Fahour joined the National Australia Bank (NAB) in September 2004 as an Executive Director and Australian CEO.[citation needed] One month later, he became a principal Board member of the bank.[citation needed] Fahour focused on building a new brand, culture and service proposition at NAB.[citation needed] Under his leadership, there was a major turnaround in the performance of the bank and its wealth management subsidiary (MLC).[citation needed] In February 2009, Fahour was appointed as interim CEO of the Australian Business Investment Partnership, an organisation which ultimately did not secure approval from the Australian Senate.[citation needed] In July 2009, he was appointed as CEO at Gulf Finance House, based in Bahrain, where he was responsible for developing the bank’s strategic direction and overseeing a major capital raising.[citation needed] Australia Post In December 2009, Fahour was announced as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Australia Post (a federal government-owned business).[1] There, he commenced a business renewal program, called Future Ready.[2] The program involves the implementation of a more customer-focussed business model that is designed to capitalise on Australia Post’s reputation as a trusted services provider. Under Fahours direction, Australia Post had two consecutive years of profit growth (in FY2011 and FY2012) following steep profit declines in the preceding two years (FY2009 and FY2010), as Australian letter volumes started to decline. [3] Further letter volume decline led to reduced profits in FY2013 and FY2014 with calls from Fahour for government agreement to fundamental reform of the letter service to prevent Australia Post incurring future losses.[4] In March 2012, Fahour announced plans to create the Australia Post Digital MailBox, as part of the postal corporations strategy to build a sustainable communications business, both physically and digitally. [5] The Digital MailBox was given a soft launch at Parliament House, Canberra, in October 2012 and it was offiically opened to Australian consumers for the first time in May 2013. [6] In March 2013, Fahour claimed that the email era was coming to an end to support his case for the digital mailbox.[citation needed] In November 2012, Australia Post became the sole owner of the express road freight company StarTrack, by acquiring the remaining 50% stake in the business from their joint-venture partner Qantas. Government appointment Fahour was appointed the Commonwealth of Australias Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.[7] Other roles Fahour is Chairman of Pro-Pac [8] and a director of the Carlton Football Club in the AFL. Fahour was appointed Adjunct Professor, La Trobe Business School, in June 2014, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Personal life Fahour is married to Dionnie and has four children and has four brothers and three sisters. References 1. Ahmed Fahour appointed new Australia Post MD and CEO. Australia Post. 2009-12-23. 2. auspost.au/about-us/future-ready-australia-posts-business-renewal-program.html 3. auspost.au/annualreport2012/financial-report.html 4. auspost.au/annualreport2014/financial-report.html 5. auspost.au/annualreport2012/products-and-services.html 6. businessspectator.au/news/2013/5/27/technology/australia-post-launches-digital-mailbox-beta 7. theaustralian.au/national-affairs/foreign-minister-kevin-rudd-appoints-envoy-to-peak-muslim-body/story-fn59niix-1226084843529 8. asx.au/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asxCode&asxCode=PPG Executive profiles Learn more about the team responsible for managing Australia Posts services and strategies. Ahmed Fahour Managing Director & Group CEO Ahmed Fahour is Managing Director and Group CEO of Australia Post. He has extensive experience as a successful leader and dynamic reformer at corporations in Australia and overseas. Ahmed commenced his professional career at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 1987, where he consulted on a range of major commercial projects including mergers, acquisitions, corporate vision and strategy. He became a director of BCG in 1997. In 2000, Ahmed was recruited by Citigroup and moved to New York, where he worked as Head of Corporate Development and, later, as CEO of Citigroup Alternative Investments - as well as serving on the companys Global Management Committee. He was subsequently appointed as Citigroups CEO for Australia and New Zealand. In 2004, he joined the National Australia Bank (NAB) as an Executive Director and Australian CEO. Under his leadership, there was a major turnaround in the banks performance and its wealth management subsidiary (MLC). He was appointed Managing Director and CEO of Australia Post in early 2010. Within three months of arriving at Australia Post he launched the Future Ready program - a major business renewal program that involves seizing the opportunities of the digital economy. Ahmed is currently a Director of Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd, Methodist Ladies College (Melbourne) and the Carlton Football Club. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at La Trobe University. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from La Trobe University and an MBA from the University of Melbourne.
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