Ahmed Gobir is a licensed HR professional and corporate lawyer with over 35 years of combined public and private-sector experience. He holds degrees in History (B.A.), Business Administration (MBA, Management), and Law (LL.B), and is a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He currently serves as President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM).

He began his career in 1985 as a Personnel/Industrial Relations Officer with Ajaokuta Steel Company before moving into senior HR leadership roles in the private sector, eventually becoming Group Head of HR and later Managing Director/CEO at Critall-Hope Nigeria Ltd. He also served as General Manager & Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, giving him extensive exposure to employment law, corporate governance, and organisational management.

In 2018, he joined Dangote Cement Plc as Senior General Manager and later Regional HR Advisor & Head, Organisation Development (Pan Africa), supporting six Anglophone subsidiaries. He subsequently served as Senior HR Advisor in Ethiopia and Zambia and was appointed Acting Group Chief HR Officer on 1 November 2025.

He is a Fellow of multiple professional institutes and an active member of the International Bar Association and Nigerian Bar Association.