Hector Toufexis - My travel partner on this journey called life

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 2:30 a.m.

I believe that the person who deserves most to be interviewed for this milestone episode is my husband Hector who puts up with all my crazy ideas and supports everything I do.

How much can one say about a whole life in 40 minutes? Well, we tried with Hector to talk about his most memorable journeys but also about the once we took together.


Hector was born in Famagusta, Cyprus and he lost his home in 1974 when Famagusta was turned into a ghost town as its Greek Cypriot inhabitants were forced to flee. The invasion happened during a trip to visit relatives in New York and after a year of schooling in the US, he came back and lived with his family in Limassol while going back and forth to Nicosia to study at The English School.


He then went back to study in New York and he holds a Bsc in Business and an MBA in International Finance both from St. Johns University in New York.

He is a joint Managing Director at Orphanides & Murat, a company that was established in Famagusta in 1934.


In this episode we talk about how we drove a Range Rover from England to Cyprus, how I broke the news to him in a hotel room in Toronto that i was pregnant with our first child and much more. Enjoy listening to this very personal story.


https://orphanidesandmurat.com/