Mark Richard Dagel is Chairman and CEO of iConnect Capital Markets Private Equity. Intellectual, progressive, out of the box thinker, hands on executive with sales, President, CEO and Board member blend, reinforced by a reputation for being able to structure, solve and close complex business problems. An innate high level of finance acumen with the ability to create “Workable” transaction structures, negotiations and the ability to actually close what others cannot seem to regardless of obstacles.
Thirty five years of corporate, government, capital markets finance as well as in-depth experience as a principle in infrastructure development and various construction verticals along with high level advisory services experience. Several years of working within the United Nations system within sustainable energy, housing and finance sectors as the head of several public and private business sectors and committees. He has been involved in many projects in Africa. Previously, Mark was the Co-Chairman and President of LINK Global Group. Mark has been a Senior Managing Director at Capital Mortgage, Incorporated where he helped run a 37 year old asset based lending company located in Atlanta, Georgia, which closed in an average year in excess of $350 million in commercial real estate first mortgages. From 2008-2012 he was Managing Director of Synergy Capital and Redevelopment Company, LLC, which was set up to act as the principal in adaptive reuse of older facilities throughout the USA. The company developed a turn-key concept that can take a distressed vacant building and turn it into performing assets. It has now merged its operations within the LINK Group of companies.