Masood Ahmed is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nitin Ganatra. His storylines have included a problematic marriage to Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia) which ultimately ends in divorce, bankruptcy, struggling to come to terms with his son Syed Masood's (Marc Elliott) homosexuality, an affair with Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), a feud with Zainab's ex-husband Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), being involved in a love triangle with Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) and David Wicks (Michael French) and his relationship with Carmel Kazemi (Bonnie Langford). On 1 September 2016, it was announced that Masood would be leaving the show in October 2016, becoming the last member of the Masood family to do so.