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Who is Ahmed Kandil? A talented EGYPTIAN entrepreneur and businessman who is highly self-motivated, ambitious, energetic, Dynamic, goal-oriented, result driven and determined LEADER who’s record is exemplary. Having more than 16 years of work experience in multinational corporations which includes more than 13 years in top management positions and working with the highest level of decision makers, his results reveal an person who should be considered one of the most highly effective communicators and business influencers of his generation. Working in one of the worlds most challenging regions Ahmed has demonstrated a remarkable ability to balance strategic thinking with Geo political ,religious and cultural differences , this ability has created business opportunities that would be otherwise unattainable for most. Currently based with his family in Dubai, UAE with extensive travel to Europe, Australasia, UK and MEA country .

Occupation Managing Director Middle East and Africa - Bene AG

2003- Now

Education Master in business Administration with Distinction

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

2006-2011

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Education

Post Graduated with a MASTER degree with distinction in Business Administration from (University of Strathclyde), with a great focus in corporate Strategies, operations, Marketing, supply

chain management, cultural change and re-framing organisations.

The University of Strathclyde is a Scottish public research university located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It is Glasgow's second university by age, being founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde.

The University of Strathclyde is Scotland's third largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries. The institution was awarded University of the Year 2012 and Entrepreneurial University of the year 2013 by Times Higher Education.

Applications for a place into many of the courses in the university is competitive and successful entrants have on average of 462 UCAS points. This places Strathclyde among the top ten highest ranked universities by UK higher education institutions.

Ahmed was selected as the International Role model Student after graduation and was featured in the university website as well as the university brochure.

http://www.strath.ac.uk/mba/studentcasestudies/ahmedkandil/

http://www.strathclyde-mba.ch/uploads/attachment/download/3/mbabrochure.pdf

Chronological History & Achievements

• Basketball player in Al-AHLY Club, 1990 - 1999.

• A member and then later the Marketing Director of AIESEC Egypt, 1996 - 1998.

• Graduated with Bachelor degree from Faculty of commerce, ZAGAZIG University - 1998.

• Project Manager - ACG-ITF , Cairo, 1998 - 2000.

• Sales Consultant - Al SAGHIR Group, KSA 2000 - 2001.

• Regional Sales Manager ME, TEKNION, Dubai, UAE 2001 - 2003.

• Sales Director ME BENE,Dubai, UAE 2003- 2007

• Managing Director MEA Bene, Dubai, UAE 2007 - Now.

• A member of the Austrian Official Delegation at ITC (International

Telecommunication Conference) Zurich 2003 & Tunisia 2004.

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Business Experience Partner and Managing Director

Bene AG Middle East & Africa

BENE is the world’s oldest manufacturer of office furniture, from its beginnings in the Ybbs valley in Austria in 1790 it has grown into a company which is considered one of the top furniture brands in the world, and one of the top five who creates and decides the trends of the office furniture industry, with direct presence in more than 38 countries.

Following BENE’s reentering the Middle East market in 2002 he was headhunted in 2003 to develop and create a business model to sell deliver and install, by creating a BENE network throughout the region, at the same time as achieving ambitious turnover and profit projections with sustainable growth. As of July 2014 BENE MEA is ranked number one in the region with 23% market share of Class A projects, and 3% market share of the overall Furniture market which is as equal as the market share of all German products in the region.

Having proven experience in establishing new companies and a regional headquarters from scratch, including developing and implementing the strategy, employing full team of professionals in addition to establishing a full network of partners and dealers in the Middle East & Africa region which requires high analytical skills and great knowledge of the region and its trends and needs with high exposure and understanding of each and every country’s culture and requirements to be able to meet the needs of clients, partners and the market.

Widespread experience in customer relationship management, marketing management, technical/ quality compliance and consulting, Talented within business development, competitive market share expansion, and customer relationship development. With a strong projects list and track record allover MEA region, with consulting evolvement in couple of projects in Europe and Australia.

Able to analyse current market trends in order to designed and implement new corporate strategies as well as creating alternative revenue streams,

more than 12 years’ experience preparing corporate business plans and creating strategies, always in the leader position inspiring the whole team and organisation and leading them to the desired targets.

http:// ae.linkedin.com/pub/ahmed-kandil/1/71b/a2a/

Chronological History & Achievements

• Selected and recognised by the International WHO’s WHO for exemplary achievement and distinguished contribution to the business community for years, 2007- 2008.

• A member of Madison WHO’s WHO of Executives & Professionals, awarded for best business achievements for years, 2007- 2008.

• Selected as one of the Top 100 individuals who contributed to WILKHAHN the German producer for the past 100 years, Germany, 2007.

• Master of Business Administration with Distinction, STRATHCLYDE University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2011.

• Nominated as the International Student Role Model for STRATHCLYDE University, with highlighted profile in the University website & corporate brochure, 2012.

• Winning and execution of the biggest Partitions Project in the world 30 KM, ADNOC HQ, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2013-2015.

• Winner of STAR OF BUSINESS AWARD ME 2014 http://www.starsofbusinessawards.com/

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