Afghanistan Holding Group Becomes the First 100% Employee Owned Company in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Sept. 24, 2013 - PRLog -- The Afghanistan Holding Group (formally Afghanistan Financial Services), a market leader in the service economy, announced today that it will be the first employee-owned company in Afghanistan.

The company’s Partners voted to offer shares of the company to all permanent full-time staff of AHG.By instituting the first employee ownership program in Afghanistan, AHG introduces a new model of company ownership to the country. AHG operations are governed by the core values of innovation, agility, courage, respect and integrity.The company’s leadership felt that adopting an employee-owned model reflected these values. By giving everyone ownership in the company, it will ensure that all employees’ work their hardest, remain loyal, and provide un-matched service to clients; because at the end of the day, when AHG prospers, everyone in the company prospers.

AHG currently holds six divisions: Afghanistan Financial Services, Afghanistan Centre for Excellence, Afghanistan Financial Markets, Afghanistan Research Services, Afghanistan Legal Services and Afghanistan Procurement Services. AHG is solely Afghan-owned and employs over 80 individuals in Afghanistan, operates across Afghanistan, and caters to the Afghan private and public sectors, the international donor community, and international companies operating in Afghanistan.

AHG is leading the way in many areas of Afghan business: starting pre-requisites for Afghanistan’s first stock exchange, providing financial services that promote and support Islamic values through Afghanistan Financial Services, and growing a new generation of Afghan leaders through the Afghanistan Centre of Excellence.

We are confident that this employee ownership model will contribute to strengthening AHG. Additionally, this model ensures that profits generated through business are far more likely to be re-invested in Afghanistan, rather than being whisked away off-shore, as is the case with many other businesses models currently operating in Afghanistan. AHG strongly believes that employee ownership is win-win situation for everyone.