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ELITE Vol.1 No.25, Nov. 2020

Mr Basel El Hini, Chairman of Misr Insurance Holding in an Interview with ELITE :
THE INSURANCE SECTOR NEEDS A GOD FATHER THAT

LEADS ITS EFFORTS LIKE THE CENTRAL BANK FOR THE

BANKING SECTOR

was young, as opposed to economics about which he knew
little. Thus, he joined the faculty of economics and political
written by: science, and completed his postgraduate studies at the
Mirna Ossama American University.
2018-2020
____________ When he was a student, he didn't have a direct relationship with
revised by : professors, But there were some professors who had assistant
were
relationships

with
his
but
most
of
great
a
lecturers.
Nermine Tawfik impact on him and his colleagues, like professor Amr Mohey-
Aldin who had a very charismatic character and attitude, which
made students love him very much. There was also professor
Khairy Issa, the then faculty's dean, who had that glamorous
Cairo : Ramy Magdy and Mirna Ossama
personality among his fellow professors, and professor Ahmed
Youssif, among others.
This month we met an exceptional character, Mr. Basil Al-Hini,
managing director and chairman of Misr Insurance Holding
Mr Basil thinks that the university forms its students' character
Company (IHC(, to know more about his professional career
just like any place where students interact with people, like the
over the past years, since he first joined the Faculty of
house, school, and workplace. The extent of how much a
Economics and Political Science, until this day. student is influenced by his faculty generally depends on the
university's environment, like the type of people s/he interacts
with, including professors, students, staff, in addition to the
Mr Basil's relationship with the faculty of economics and
kind of subjects s/he studies. Discipline in the faculty is also an
political science started more than 40 years ago. That choice
integral part of the factors that help form the student's
was easy for him, since he joined the arts section in his
character.
secondary school and excelled in his studies. He decided to join
the faculty of economics and political science for it was a top
When it comes to the faculty of economics and political
school for arts section graduates, after a period of hesitation
science, in particular, it still makes its students feel elitist. This
between it and the American University. His late father ended
can be attributed to the limited number of its students, as
this hesitation by telling him he preferred the "dome" (Cairo
opposed to other faculties. This relates not only to the treatment
university) and that a good university graduate should graduate
they receive, but also to the subjects which students study in the
from under this dome. Basil loved politics so much since he
faculty. He also believes that the subjects that were
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