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Rehab Elkhayat

Rehab Elkhiyat

Email relkhaya@vols.utk.edu

Department:

Management & Entrepreneurship

Biography

Second year

440 Stokely Management Center

Rehab Elkhiyat’s research interests center around strategic decision making, venture growth, entrepreneurs and stakeholders. Specifically, she studies the monitoring and advisory role of venture capitalists in creating or demolishing value for their backed firms at times of crisis and its impact on VCs’ reputations. Rehab completed her MBA in finance from Lehigh University. She received her undergraduate degree from Egypt in accounting, and she is a certified management accountant (CMA). Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Rehab worked directly with founders, venture capitalists and PEs through her job as a finance manager and later as a financial advisor with companies across M.E.A., the U.S. and Europe.