Deep-Dive Report: Against the Board — How Hend El Sherbini Took Egypt’s Biggest Diagnostics Group Private Over Her Own Directors’ Objections
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Hend El Sherbini runs Egypt’s largest diagnostics group. This summer she took it private — over her own board’s objection that the price was too low, and only after a mandatory bid triggered by buying out Elliott. Inside a contested buyout, and the wave pulling African firms off public markets.
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