Odeh Shehadeh Zaghmouri

Odeh Shehadeh Zaghmouri is the Chief Executive Officer of the Palestinian Company for Distribution and Logistics Services (Wassel Group), a service company which was established in 2005 as a member of the Paltel Group. Its main goal is to provide distribution and logistics services to the Palestinian market, which includes local distribution, shipping and private post and clearance. Zaghmouri is also the current Palestine Country Office Chairman for Young Arab Leaders. E What originally brought you to YAL and what do you feel are the important needs of the youth of the Arab world? I studied abroad for many years and saw that a majority of the mentors, role models and opportunities for advancement came not from the government or public sector institutions, but from individuals within the private sector and civil society. They saw this not as charitable work or a nationalistic or religious duty, but as a good