A retired Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador Shamim Ahmed has served in various positions in Bangladesh Missions abroad and the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka. During his 33-year long career, he served as the country's High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ambassador to the Netherlands and Deputy Permanent Representative ro the Unired Nations in New York, besides working in different posts in Bangladesh Missions in Nairobi, Tokyo and Rome. Ambassador Shamim Ahmed earned his B.A.(Honours) and M.A. degrees in Sociology from the Dhak a University and taught the subject as a Lecturer in Chittagong University, before joining Foreign Service in 1974.