Ashraf Hussein

Ashraf Hussein is a second year BA/MA student at Brandeis University, who double majored in Economics and Business and minored in Peace and Conflict studies. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at Brandeis International Business School. He did a summer internship at Highfields Capital Management, an investment management firm in Boston. Previously, he worked at the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development in Herzliya and at the Jerusalem Interest Free Micro-Finance Fund in Jerusalem. He was a finalist in the Annual Stock Pitch Challenge, Hassenfeld Fellow, a finalist in the Global Markets Assets Management Competition in New York, and Vice President in the Global Markets Investment Club. In the future, he aspires to return to Israel after gaining a few years of work experience in the U.S. to work in the finance sector. He dreams of facilitating cooperation between Arabs, especially Palestinians, and Israelis, through business.