More Background to Hamed Wardak
Hamed Wardak has an impressive and interesting past that has led him to be the Afghan-American leader that he is today. He received his BA in Government and Political Theory at Georgetown University in 1997, where he received the honor of being the Valedictorian of his class. He was then elected to be an American Rhodes Scholar, an honor bestowed upon only 32 Americans each year. He red for the M. Phil and M. Litt in Politics at Oxford University.
When he completed his studies, he went on to work in mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in New York and in California. From 2002-2003 he was the Afghan Finance Minister’s Private Envoy to the United States.
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan and raised in Pakistan and in the United States, Mr. Wardak certainly brings an interesting background to his work at Fedayeen-e-Sol, the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce and more.