01/13/2018
Mr Daniel Jolly, a Seasoned UK born business merchant/Senior executive joins Professor Pat Utomi, Amb. Professor U Joy Ogwu, Dr. David Ogbueli, and Professor Wilson Onyeani on GIFTED's advisory board.
Daniel is an accomplished, seasoned Senior Executive with a consistent track record of delivering profitable, sustainable growth within a range of environments in the UK and internationally, especially within the Middle East/Africa and Asia. Daniel is the current Chief Executive and Co-founder of Flying Penguin Enterprises Ltd. Flying Penguin Enterprises is a British based trading house, specialising in Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and Consultancy Services to a wide range of prestigious clients, including police, fire and ambulance services, many UK government departments including the Ministry of Defence, major multinationals such as Babcock and Airbus, a wide range of humanitarian aid organs and missions, non-government organisations and some very prestigious export customers. Daniel was instrumental in gaining Flying Penguin Enterprises approved supplier status to the United Nations. Daniel has served as a member of the board in various companies in the Middle East and was selected to serve as Chair of the Nissan Middle East Automotive Committee for a two-year period. Daniel’s diplomatic skills are well suited to Board level and Operational level discussions. Daniel has travelled the world negotiating sales, purchasing and supply contracts with global companies and his technical, commercial and market knowledge combined with his core beliefs of honesty, integrity and trust have delivered a long list of mutually beneficial relationships with major corporate companies. Daniel has a breadth of knowledge and experience working at Director level in multi-cultural environments in developing markets across the Middle East, Asia and Africa, representing a broad company portfolio including Volvo, Nissan, Toyota, Daimler Chrysler, Tata and Yamaha. Daniel is particularly strong in delivering results in developing market environments and in managing businesses in a multi-cultural environment whilst always demonstrating the highest standards of business ethics and personal integrity. Daniel is the proud father of three daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren. Daniel believes that the provision of safe, clean water and decent sanitation is a basic human right and an absolute imperative for any human being to live a full, happy, healthy life. That is why he has been working tirelessly to highlight a new water technology that would bring clean drinking water to people in need.
