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From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

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The life's work of the Lebanese-British archaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal at the Sidon site began from a hunch as to the whereabouts of the mysterious ancient capital of the Canaanite and Phoenician people. Photo: Claude Doumet-Serhal

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Dr Charles Elachi. Photo: Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons

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Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

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Robert Mardini had many guises at the ICRC, including regional director of the Near and Middle East for seven years, but each role was always much more than just a job. Photo: Shutterstock

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From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

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