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Bassel El<\/span> Tokhy is COO of vaLU, Egypt’s\u00a0most innovative buy-now-pay-later platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Established in 2017, vaLU connects shoppers<\/span> to a <\/span>digital <\/span>network of retail and e-commerce providers<\/span>, allowing purchases to be made 24\/7 and payments on a monthly basis<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s the best way to start your day?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n I enjoy waking up every day at 7<\/span>am<\/span> to watch my baby boy Nour play while I am fresh.\u00a0 It gives me a lot of positive energy to start my day<\/span><\/p>\n If you could be any character from a movie, who would you be<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I would choose Ken Carter from the movie Coach Carter<\/i>.<\/span> Firstly, because it combines sports and autobiographies, which are two of my favourite genres.<\/span> Secondly, because the character inspires me for holding on to his moral principles and for achieving a lot while he did so<\/span><\/p>\n What is your greatest achievement<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Hiring strong, highly motivated and impactful team members is something I am always proud of<\/span>,<\/span> especially when I witness them achieve great results, either while we are sharing the same employer or in later stages in their careers<\/span><\/p>\n What advice would you give your 13-year-old self<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Travel the world backpacking. Now I would consider myself lucky if I take three holidays annually to catch my breath and spend time with friends and family, while my 13-year-old self had almost five months of holidays between summer break, Christmas break, spring break and Eid holidays<\/p>\n If you have 24 hours left on Earth, what would you do<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Take my family to an exotic location to spend time with them and to have a nice meal<\/p>\n Who or what is your biggest inspiration<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n My parents, my late in-laws and my wife are my biggest inspirations in life<\/span>. <\/span>They are selfless, supportive, caring, loving, ethical, hard working and really good at what they do<\/span><\/p>\n What would you like to achieve in the next 10 years<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n On the professional front, I would love to take valU to become the top BNPL 2.0 globally.\u00a0<\/span>Personally<\/span>, I would love to be the cool father that travels the world with his kids to build unforgettable memories.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bassel ElTokhy, COO of Egypt’s\u00a0most innovative BNLP platform vaLU, shares his greatest achievements and aspirations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":18500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3937,154,3936,4106],"tags":[2791,934],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18499"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18540,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499\/revisions\/18540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}