Ahmed Safa is responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, organisation, and guidance to large multinational, multicultural teams across all Engineering and Maintenance disciples. His team includes Operational Departments, Technical Fleet Management, Life cycle Asset Management, Maintenance Planning, Material management, Engineering Training/Facilities/Procurement and Engg Projects.

Ahmed Safa joined Emirates in 1991 as an engineer and rose up the ranks.

In 2006, he became Vice President and in 2007, he was appointed Senior Vice President, leading the front-end of engineering that supports the Dubai hub and outstations. Ahmed’s responsibilities expanded into Heavy Maintenance and Overhaul, and in 2016 he was asked to lead a board number of sectors within Engineering, including supply chain, inventory management, design organisation, aircraft configuration, and Engineering innovation, among others.

Ahmed is the nominated post holder for CAMO [Continous Airworthiness Management Organisation] and the 145 Organisation. He is a member of the Emirates Aviation University Board of Governors, and the Aviation and Aerospace sector of the Dubai Industrial Strategy committee.

Ahmed is a licensed aircraft engineer with a Master of Business Administration degree from Bradford University.