In 1991, he entered NatWest's Graduate Management programme, eventually working as Head of Marketing, Sponsorship and Branding and in 2000 went to work for AllianceBernstein.[7][8] In 2004, he joined Sucden Financial, where he served on the Executive Committee and as Director of Marketing, Strategy and Research.[8] He is an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services and a member of the Institute of Directors.[7][8]
From 1999 to 2008 he served as vice-president of AMYA, a British Muslim youth organisation.[9] From 2001 to 2006, he served as a governor of Wimbledon Park Primary school.[9] He joined the Conservative Party in 1994.[10] In 2002, he was elected a Councillor in Wimbledon.[10] He contested Croydon North for the Conservatives in 2005. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party.[10]
He is a part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and was a national vice-president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association's youth organisation from 2003.[11]
Coat of arms of Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon
Crest
Rising from a fret fesswise a falcon Sable.
Escutcheon
Or on a pale between two peacocks in their pride Proper three frets throughout Or on a chief Azure a double-headed eagle Or between two decrescents each enclosing a mullet Argent.
Supporters
Dexter a lion sinister a Punjab urial both Sable and each gorged with an eastern crown Or.[15]
Notes
^South Asia and the Commonwealth (June 2017–September 2020); South and Central Asia, North Africa, United Nations and the Commonwealth (September 2020–September 2022); Middle East, South Asia and the United Nations (September–October 2022); Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and the United Nations (October 2022-November 2023)