Tufail Ahmad was born in Allahabad, India, and is son of a high school teacher. In 1958, he received his Masters degree in Commerce from Allahabad University. Later that same year, he migrated to Pakistan, and became an assistant professor at a college in Karachi. In 1961, he was selected for the Government of Pakistan's Audit and Accounts Service and served in various capasities until 1973. From 1968 to 1971, he worked at the United Nations Headquarters as a member of the Pakistan audit team. In 1973, he migrated to the United States and worked in a shipping firm until 1977. In 1979, he established his own international trading company where he still goes on a daily basis.

He has three children and seven grandchildren. His eldest son graduated from Winston Churchill High School, attended Georgetown University, and received an MBA degree from Harvard University. He is now a Vice Chairman in JP Morgan's investment banking division in New York. His daughter also graduated from Winston Churchill High School and received a BBA degree from American University. She now works in the family business. His youngest son graduated from Landon School and received both BBA and MBA degrees from George Washington University. He now handles the daily operations of the trading company.

Mr.Ahmad serves as a member of The Montgomery County Uptown Citizens Advisory Board and is also a Board Member for Committee for Montgomery. He received the Pollin Award for Outstanding Dedication to the community in 2002.

He is involved in enhancing the dialogue among different ethnic and religious communities within the County. Toward this and post 9/11 worked to establish an effective dialogue between the Muslim and Jewish communities as a part of his effort to bring the communities together.

He is deeply involved with the Democratic Party in Montgomery County and currently serves as Chair of District 15 Caucus and has also served as a Precinct Chair. In 2004, he received the Dean Peacock Award for Precinct Official of the Year.

He is running for the County Council At-Large seat in the 2006 Election.