Global Marine Group
Farooq Ahmed has a substantial background in finance and business partnership, currently serving as the Interim Commercial and Finance Business Partner at Global Marine Group since May 2023. Prior roles include Interim Finance Director at Milbank Concrete Products Limited and Deputy Finance Director at The Gateway Learning Community. Farooq’s extensive experience includes a significant tenure as Regional Finance Director EMEA at Universal Weather and Aviation, where responsibilities spanned team leadership, strategic financial advice, budget management, and compliance oversight. Additional experience encompasses roles at Monsanto as Regional Finance Lead and various finance positions at Unilever, alongside early engineering expertise at Kier. Farooq holds an MBA from the University of Bradford and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Surrey.
Global Marine Group
The Global Marine Group is a leading independent provider of submarine cable solutions offering a broad range of services including consultancy, installation and maintenance covering the lifespan of a submarine cable system and delivered to customers worldwide. The Group consists of two business units; Global Marine providing fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecommunications and oil & gas markets, and OceanIQ providing unparalleled subsea cable data, survey, route engineering, permitting and consultancy services for telecom and power cable projects.