Career
The 33-year-old has served as acting vice-president for the last month, and replaced Mohammad Zaher Aghbar, who stood down four months ago after heading a body which had less autonomy and was under the auspices of the National Sport Directorate. Fahim Hashimy is one of Afghanistan’s leading entrepreneurs. In 2005 he began building one of the largest logistics companies in Afghanistan, focusing on providing critical services and material resources to the Afghan Government and International Forces.
In 2010 Fahim Hashimy launched, 1TV Afghanistans second largest television Network, the centerpiece of GroupOne, a media production and the strategic communications group MCXI. This venture is part of the Hashimy Group, an Afghan conglomerate with interests in fuel logistics, manufacturing, airlines, trading, and construction.
As many Afghan and international investors have expressed reservations about investing in Afghanistan after 2014, Fahim Hashimy has made it clear that he believes that at this critical juncture in the nation’s history, it is more important to invest now than ever before. Hashimy was elected to an four-year term as NOC President at the A NOC General Assembly in Kabul on 30 April 2014.
He secured 27 votes in the first round of voting, giving him the majority needed to be elected. He succeeds Mohammad Zaher Aghbar who served as ANOC President from 2009 to 2014.
