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Wail Ibrahim Dagash 1st January 1971 (age 40)

Born: Omdurman, Sudan

Residence: Khartoum, Sudan

Nationality: Anglo Sudanese

Occupation: CEO

Net worth: N/A

Title: Mr.

Spouse: Habeba Dagash

Children: 3

''Wail Ibrahim Dagash, BSc (Hons) (born 01 January 1971) is an entrepreneur and businessman with interests in Logistics Management, Advertising, and News Print. He began his entrepreneurial activities by organizing end of year school parties, at the age of 15. ''

Business:

CEO of Blue Water Logistics Company(as agents) for Bertling Global Project Logistics a company providing infrastructure logistics planning and management in Sudan. The company is registered with UNJLC, UNAMID and other major blue chips locally. Blue Water Logistics has recently opened a branch in neighboring Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to service Ethiopian inbound cargoes thru both the Djibouti and Port Sudan corridors. www.bertling.com

CEO of Intelligent Advertising Company a BTL (Below-the-Line) agency providing brand communication and brand equity campaigns in Sudan. The company is focused on servicing the top 20 Sudanese corporates such as MTN, Unilever, DAL Group, Sudani, Traffic Police, Sudanese Free Zones & Marketing Company (SFZ), Zain, Premier Foods, amongst others. (www.getnoticed.sd)

CEO of NewspaperDirect Company(Franchisee) for the Vancouver based world leader in multi-channel content distribution and monetization. The company prints and distributes International daily newspapers in Khartoum for individual subscribers, retail outlets, hotels, hospitals, airlines, corporate offices, libraries, educational institutions, and events. Titles include The Times, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Corriere della Sera, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, De Telegraaf, Aftenposten, The Evening Standard, Asharq Al-Awsat, El Pais European Edition, Hurriyet, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. (www.newspaperdirect.sd)

Board Member of Spot, an Egyptian Sudanese Production House lead by the famous cinema mogul Saeed Hamed (film director and producer). The company successfully produced 13 Egyptian movies (one being the largest revenue generator in the history of Egyptian cinema). In Sudan the company produces TVCs, Sudanese Drama, Documentaries, and aims to construct the first multi-screen Cinema Complex in Sudan. (www.spot.sd)

Early life and career:

Wail grew up in Reading and Khartoum. After returning from England he attended Clergy House School and Khartoum International British School (O’levels). He then joined Omdurman Ahlia College and achieved a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Science in 1990.

During study at Luton, Wail worked as a sales assistant at Tandy and Quicksilver. After graduation he took a soft loan from his father and started trading dairy and food products internationally at age 23. Eventually he developed his own brand and supply chain spanning Continental Europe to Central America and GCC. During the late 1990s Wail entered into a representation agreement with French based Comalait Industries to exclusively develop private label dairy products for the UK market.

One of the best career lessons cited by Wail is the failed attempt to setup and partner in the first English language FM radio station in the UAE during 1996/1997. ‘This taught me to pay attention to details and ask the right questions.

Biography:

Born in Omdurman, Sudan Wail is the second oldest of four brothers and sisters, Haitham, Rania, and Samah. He came to England at the age of four with his parents when they attended Post Graduate College at Reading University with brother Haitham. He attended the local comprehensive school in Reading, Redlands Primary School. Wail later returned to England for undergraduate studies at University of Luton where he achieved a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Management Science in 1992. Wail lives in Khartoum with wife Habeba and their three children; enjoys swimming, badminton, and listening to music.

Influences:

Wail derives much influence from his father Dr. Ibrahim Dagash (a career diplomat) and his mother Dr. Bakhita Amin (a leading journalist and women’s rights activist). He most commonly names Richard Brandson, Theo Paphitis, Nagib Seweris, Peter Jones, Anis Haggar, Mo Ibrahim, P Diddy, Azeb Mesfin, and Osama Daoud as ‘business inspirers’. People admired by Wail include Baroness Warsi, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Shaykh Fadllallah Haeri.

Politics & Religion:

Wail is born Muslim and a strong believer in the co-existence model. His tolerance steams from the lifestyle given to him by his parents from a very young age. He loves, but is a mild practitioner of Sufism. Politically he is not aligned and a believer in good governance, naturally influenced by his father’s 22 year diplomatic role as Spokesman for the Secretary General of the African Union (OAU) and founder of the Pan African News Agency (PANA) in Senegal.