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− | Ihab I. Osman is a senior executive and board director with more than 25 years of experience in starting up, acquiring, building, transforming, growing, restructuring, turn-around-ing, exiting, and dissolving public and private corporations and nonprofit organizations in the U.S., Africa, and the Middle East. | + | '''Ihab I. Osman''' is currently serving on the [[ICANN Board]]. He is a senior executive and board director with more than 25 years of experience in starting up, acquiring, building, transforming, growing, restructuring, turn-around-ing, exiting, and dissolving public and private corporations and nonprofit organizations in the U.S., Africa, and the Middle East. |
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| ==Career History== | | ==Career History== |
| Osman is the General Manager of New Businesses at NADEC Foods | | Osman is the General Manager of New Businesses at NADEC Foods |
− | From 2009 to 2017, he was the Board Director of [[Mena Telecom]]. From 2012 to 2014, he was the President & Chief Executive Officer of [[Sudatel Telecom Group]],with operations in five African countries. From 2005 to 2013, he was the Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors of [[Electronic Banking Services Co. Ltd.]] (EBS). Before moving to the MENA region, Ihab spent seven years with [[Verizon]] Communications in Atlanta, Dallas, and Seattle and before that [[GE]] and [[IBM]] in New York. Ihab was the first administrator and manager of the [[.sd]] [[ccTLD]] chosen by [[IANA]]. He managed [[.sd]] from 1997 to 2002. | + | From 2009 to 2017, he was the Board Director of [[Mena Telecom]]. From 2012 to 2014, he was the President & Chief Executive Officer of [[Sudatel Telecom Group]], with operations in five African countries. From 2005 to 2013, he was the Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors of [[Electronic Banking Services Co. Ltd.]] (EBS). Before moving to the MENA region, Ihab spent seven years with [[Verizon]] Communications in Atlanta, Dallas, and Seattle and before that [[GE]] and [[IBM]] in New York. Ihab was the first administrator and manager of the [[.sd]] [[ccTLD]] chosen by [[IANA]]. He managed [[.sd]] from 1997 to 2002. |
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| Since 2014, he has been the US-Sudan Business Council Board Chair and President. | | Since 2014, he has been the US-Sudan Business Council Board Chair and President. |
| From 2009 to 2012, he was a Senior Advisor of Private Equity at Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain | | From 2009 to 2012, he was a Senior Advisor of Private Equity at Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain |
| From 2009 to 2011, he was a Board Director at [[Woosh Wireless]]. | | From 2009 to 2011, he was a Board Director at [[Woosh Wireless]]. |
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| + | Osman also played a key role in the building of the [[EASSY]] submarine cable that brought affordable broadband access to large parts of Africa. He founded [[Impact Hub Khartoum]]. |
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| ==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation== | | ==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation== |
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| *[[Board Governance Committee|Board Governance]] | Member | | *[[Board Governance Committee|Board Governance]] | Member |
| *[[Strategic Planning Committee|Strategic Planning]] | Member | | *[[Strategic Planning Committee|Strategic Planning]] | Member |
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| ==Education== | | ==Education== |
− | Ihab holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University, an M.B.A. from Oxford University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology.
| + | Osman holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University, an M.B.A. from Oxford University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology. |
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− | ==Awards== | + | ==Personal Life== |
| + | He has lived in six countries and traveled to more than 100. |