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title: Akif Ahmad
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## **Akif Ahmad**

**Strategy and Business Development**

> Clean Tech
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> United States, Europe

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Senior Vice President - Deputy CFO

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Clean Tech:  Corporate Development

Types of Clean Tech: Solar, Wind

3. Current Employer:

Neovia Logistics

4. Previous Employers:

TechnipFMC, Ernst & Young

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

Started to work in the industry right after my graduation.  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

I'd like to see the entrepreneurs who are taking a huge risk succeed.

> ## Okay, now for some fun things about Akif…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

- Investing
- Golf
- Traveling

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

- Strong family connections
- Retain close friendships
- Traveled to 39 countries

9.  If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

transporting myself to a different place..

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Lawyer

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

Running a beach bar

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Sweet Child of Mine"

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

Beach bar

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

Just don't F$*%k it up.