Hard Work
General manager of Behbehani Group, Retail Division, Shahzad sets a fine example of a man who built his career through hard work and persistence. Born and raised in Kuwait, Shahzad describes himself to be a family man, husband of a supporting wife and one son. His father came to Kuwait in 1960, to build his future and family within a secure environment. Shahzad had a regular childhood, spending time in school, gatherings and sports.
A turning point in Shahzad’s life was The Iraqi Invasion to Kuwait in 1990, where he realized that a human being can lose his value in a blink of an eye (and you have one thing to count on) your credentials. During the Invasion, he realized how education is important, and his dream was to study abroad (USA in particular), so he pursued his dream by getting his bachelor and master’s degrees from The United States. Along with education, Shahzad found the support of his family, specially his wife, to be a key motivation to work harder and go further towards reaching his goals.
Started his career in 1995 with Ericsson Kuwait, as an Assistant Manager, where he gained great experience and knowledge ( as they have invested in him and gave him room to grow. In 2000, was promoted to Key Account Manager and remained in the same post until 2008 when he joined Ooredoo (Wataniya) as a Corporate Sales Manager up to 2010 when he was nominated to be the Deputy GM of Behbehani Group (Retail Division). where he was introduced to the Luxury retail sphere and with the support he got from the President of the Group (Mr. Ali Morad Behbehani) he found that his Journey became smoother and more knowledgeable, In 2012 he got his promotion to General Manager, having a stable growth for the past two of years (almost growing 12 % to 15 %), as well as geographical spread as they opened several new stores and our brand profile has been increasing by representing new brands in Kuwait.
Inspiration to Shahzad comes from Mr. Ali Morad Yousuf Behbehani, as he was inspired by him to take a task that he had no experience in, His words of wisdom were “if you manage people, the product will manage itself.”, Which gave Shahzad a new definition of success, for him, success is to manage teams, to a common goal.
