Job Title: CEO
Company: Mbeya Cement
Ahmed Mhada is the CEO of Mbeya Cement.
Until April 2025, he had served as the company's chief financial officer. He began his career as a financial analyst at Tanzania Cigarette Company in 2011. He then joined Airtel Tanzania as an assistant manager in business planning and analysis, serving in that capacity for two years.
In 2014, Ahmed transitioned to Tanga Cement Company for a four-year stint as a management accountant. He took on the role of financial controller at Saint-Gobain Lodhia Gypsum in Arusha in 2018 before returning to Tanga Cement in a similar capacity in 2019
He holds a BCom from the University of Dar es Salaam and an MBA from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. He is a certified public accountant (CPA-T).
Work experience
Apr 2020 - Present: chief financial officer, LafargeHolcim Tanzania
May 2019 - Apr 2020: financial controller, Tanga Cement
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019: financial controller, Saint-Gobain Lodhia Gypsum
Nov 2014 - Jul 2018: management accountant, Tanga Cement Company
Nov 2012 - Nov 2014: assistant manager, Business Planning and Analysis, Airtel Tanzania
May 2011 - Nov 2012: financial analyst, Tanzania Cigarette Company
Education
2022 - 2024: MBA, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
BCom, University of Dar es Salaam
Mbeya Cement
Mbeya Cement Company is a manufacturer of clinker, cement, and other building materials. It was incorporated over 40 years ago by the Government of Tanzania, privatised in 1998, and acquired by Lafarge in 2001.
