Academics

Dr. Khaled Abdelaziz Hegazy is Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean of the Finance & Business School at Newgiza University. Dr. K. Hegazy graduated from the faculty of Commerce, Cairo University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, he holds a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics & Political Sciences, University of London.

Dr. Hegazy has been awarded the Fulbright’s Commission Senior Scholar Scholarship and is a visiting Professor at Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois USA), and the School of Business & Economics at the UAE University (Al Ain – UAE).

He is a member of distinguished academic and professional associations including, the Institute of Management Accountants – USA, The Canadian Academic Accounting Association, the Egyptian Society for Accountants & Auditors – Egypt, Arab Management Institute – Egypt, the Cost & Managerial Accounting Association – Egypt, and Egypt Economic Forum, Egypt.

Dr. Hegazy served as a member of the following professional organizations; The Implementation Group of the International Financial Reporting Standards on SMEs Committee, International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, IFRS, London; The Central bank of Egypt, The Committee responsible for developing a set of accounting standards related to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements for banks and recognition and valuation basis; The Syndicate of Commerce Profession, the Curriculum Committee for the development of the Accounting Profession in Egypt; The Information and Disclosure Committee; The Egyptian Capital Market Association – Egypt; The International Accounting Standards Committee, IASC, London, U.K. the Preparatory Committee for the Accounting Standards on Emerging Markets, and The Egyptian Society for Accountants & Auditors, Cairo, Egypt.

Professor Hegazy’s academic research works include publications and conference presentations and postgraduate thesis supervision on risks in financial institutions; Islamic Finance; Activity Based Costing; the balanced scorecard; The design of cost accounting systems; Accounting information systems; Strategic finance; Audit committees and corporate governance; Accounting reforms in less developed countries; the measurement and reporting of intellectual capital, and the knowledge economy.

Professor Hegazy has extensive experience in financial and management advisory, finance & banking, and auditing & corporate governance, and is a registered Consultant with the World Bank in Egypt since July 2009, and a registered Certified Public Accountant in Egypt.

Dr. Hegazy currently serves as a non-executive board member and chair of the audit committees of Misr Life Insurance, and the Administrative Capital for Urban Development “ACUD”, and previously in Barclays Bank Egypt, Incolease, and the Egyptian Resort Company “ERC”.

Professor Hegazy is also a founding partner of Crowe Hegazy, a member firm of Crowe International, registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board – PCAOB – USA.

Dr. ElGohary has joined Newgiza University in September 2017 as an associate professor of Economics & International Business. Prior to his appointment at NGU, Dr. ElGohary was an associate professor at Nile University in charge of the Undergraduate Business program and teaching Macroeconomics & Microeconomics for the Undergraduate as well as the MBA programs.
Dr. ElGohary has had an extensive private sector experience in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Bahrain during the past 25 years in the fields of Petroleum investments and Treasury-related banking activities.
Dr. ElGohary has earned his MBA in Finance in 1986 & his Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of Denver, Colorado in 1991.

Dr. Dina El-Kayaly’s background spans the fields of market research, performance management, strategic marketing consultancy and research in Egypt and MENA region. Her specific interest is in advancing an evidence-based approach in the development of marketing consultancies that address. Drawing on a broad range of experience including a number of ministries, state-owned authorities and multinational corporations, and management consulting firms. A graduate of Kuwait university with a degree in applied statistics, a master’s in statistics from Cairo University, a master’s of business administration, and a doctor’s degree from Maastricht School of Management.

Dr. El-Kayaly academic research included publications and conference presentations on Big Data and the decision-making process, CSR supporting SMEs, competency assessment, entrepreneurship, customer loyalty and satisfaction, knowledge management, Six Sigma and improvement, strategic management, international business.  She published more than 15 articles in reputable academic journals, participated in many conferences presented and was invited as a public speaker on many occasions. She also developed and conducted many training programs in various fields related to management, marketing and statistical analysis.

She is currently an Adjunct Faculty of Maastricht School of Management, Netherland and Adjunct Faculty of New Giza University, School of Business and Finance, Egypt.

She participated by writing a chapter in the book titled “Hydrocephalus: What do we know? And What do we still not know?” Edited by Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ammar. She actively participated in writing a chapter titled “Evidence-Based Medicine- Hydrocephalus: Guideline for systemic reviews, meta-analysis, and Evidence-Based Medicine”. This book was published in 2018 by Springer.

Published paper:

El-Kayaly, D, Hazem, N., & Fahim, I. (2020, December). Online teaching at Egyptian private universities during COVID-19: Lessons learned. The University of Bahrain. 

Marwa Elgebali is a lecturer of marketing. She pursued this career within (2003-2009) gaining experience from academic institutions including Huddersfield University, UK where she got her Ph.D., British university, Egypt and now Newgiza university. Her main interest and research fields are business to business, branding marketing, Entrepreneurial marketing, and marketing for SMEs. Case Study writing and Case Study teaching are one of the areas where she continuously works on.

Modules at NGU: School of Business and Finance – Risk Management/Derivatives

Rola Kabbani is an Assistant Professor of Finance (full-time) at the School of Business & Finance, Newgiza University (NGU). A total of 14 years in the academic field specializing in Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Risk Management and Investments. Additionally, Rola Kabbani has 16 years of experience in the consultancy field working as the Regional Advisor in a private asset management company operating mainly in the European Markets.  Rola’s experience lies in performing hedging, financial modeling, financial analysis, and risk-tolerance assessments to advise high-net-worth clients on investment strategies.  Rola graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University.  She continued her postgraduate studies at the German University in Cairo where she earned both her MBA degree and her PhD specialized in Financial Economics. Research Interest: Venture capital, SMEs, FinTech, Banking Sector.

Iman Youssef is a Lecturer of Finance (full-time) at the School of Business & Finance, Newgiza University (NGU). She is a former business practitioner with combined academic & practical business experience. She has a total of 17 years of hands-on banking experience. The bulk of her banking experience was acquired in Commercial International Bank (CIB) accumulating a total of 13 years in corporate banking & wealth management. Following CIB, she occupied the post of Corporate Banking Assistant Vice President in Mashreq bank & finally a Corporate Banking Business Development position in the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK).

Prior to joining NGU, she has successfully combined banking experience with academic teaching, whereby she taught part-time at different Academic Institutions including The American University in Cairo (AUC), Arab Academy For Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and Misr International University (MIU). Her teaching experience covers the areas of financial management, banking management & investment.

Youssef received her Ph.D. degree in Finance from Ain Shams University in December 2018 with a thesis titled “A model to examine the influence of risks on capital structure”. She received an equivalency of MBA in Finance from Ain Shams University after acquiring her Master’s Degree (MBA) from The American University in Cairo (AUC). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from AUC, with Highest Honors degree.

Dr. Lamia Marmouche is a part-time member staff at NGU.

Prior to joining NGU, Dr. Lamia was a Lecturer of International Business and Head of Business and international trade department at the French University in Egypt.

During her professional carrier, Dr. Marmouche gained excellent practical experience in international business in several multinational firms as well as a wide overview of diverse organizational cultures while working in regional diplomatic organizations.

Areas of Specialization: International Business, Marketing, and Management.

Modules at NGU: IHRM

Dalia a Visiting Lecturer at the School of Business & Finance, Newgiza University (NGU) with a collective experience of 30 years in Sales Operations, Lean Six Sigma, Human Resources, Facilitation, and Business consultation.

Dalia was employed by Xerox Egypt for 22 years, as a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Xerox Corporation, her last position was “People Development Manager”.

Following Xerox, she works as a Facilitator and Business Consultant with Quest for Human Development and Change Agents, as well as Job Master Human Capital Solutions.

Hafez received her DBA degree in Human Resources from Helwan University with a thesis titled “the Impact of HR Policies on SME’s Performance” in September 2020.

Modules at NGU: Strategic Management, High Performing Teams, The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, Qualitative Research in Marketing, Contemporary Developments in Marketing 

Dr. Yousra Allam is a full-time lecturer of Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Finance, NewGiza University (NGU).

Dr. Allam graduated with a PhD in Media and Communication Management Systems from Cairo University – Egypt, in 2020. She holds Masters’s degree from the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University of Cairo (AUC) and her Bachelor’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from AUC as well.

Dr. Allam has been appointed as the advisor of the Minister to Education and Technical Education for marketing and political communication since 2017. She developed huge campaigns for the new education system in Egypt and has initiated other remarkable social marketing campaigns, such as “I_am-Against-Bullying”, “Positive Parenting: Calm-not-Harm”, “Differently abled” for special needs students, and “Dawiee” for girls’ empowerment.

When she first graduated, Dr. Allam worked in a multi-national advertising agency, where she used to handle various products, including Nestle Waters (Nestle Pure Life and Baraka), Nestle Food (Maggi and Cerelac), L’Oreal Paris, Novartis, and Luminarc. Later, she shifted to the marketing side in the banking sector then moved to financial inclusion and women empowerment.

In addition, Dr. Allam has participated in various global conferences with the World Bank and UNESCO Headquarters.

Dr. Dina graduated from the German University in Cairo (GUC) with triple majors: (1) Marketing, (2) Innovation, and (3) Human Resource Management (HR). She has also obtained her MS.c. and Ph.D. degrees from the GUC; focused in Marketing.

Her research interests include Consumer Behavior and Digital Advertising, as well as combining various HR topics with Marketing.

Dr. Dina joined NGU as a full-timer in 2017, before joining NGU, she has worked at the Ahram Canadian University (ACU) and has attended several workshops, and undergone various internships; in the banking sector and at UNESCO as well.

Published paper:

Kaoud, H., ElShihy, D., & Yousry, M. (2021, March). Online learning in Egyptian Universities Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Student’s Perspective. Third International Conference on Research in Education, Berlin, Germany.

PhD Dissertation title:

El-Shihy, D. (2019). Social networking sites addiction among millennials: A socio-psychological approach. [PhD Dissertation], German University in Cairo (GUC).

Modules at NGU: Entrepreneurial Family Firms, Technology Strategy and Graduation Projects

Dr. Hebatalla Kaoud is a full-time lecturer of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business & Finance, Newgiza University (NGU).

Hebatalla graduated with a PhD in Management Sciences from Nantes University – France, in 2018. She holds master’s degrees from Nantes University: Master in Market Research and Marketing Decision Making, 2012, and Master of Research and Business Consulting, 2013. Moreover, Hebatalla participated in many international research and business conferences in countries including France, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Tunis.

Hebatalla has 7 years of experience in Innovation Management in France and Egypt. As an innovation consultant, she worked in different companies in France on different missions: Creating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to support the adoption of an Open Innovation Strategy and the commercialization of innovative scientific projects to the business world, structuring a change management method, analyzing of R&D and innovation projects and suggesting a methodology for filling a scientific patent. Her solid Knowledge in innovative marketing strategies and research methodologies represents a cornerstone of her doctoral project which offers industry clusters operating in the MENA region the necessary tools to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

Having both academic and professional expertise in innovative project management and entrepreneurship, Dr. Hebatalla Kaoud guided students in applying knowledge learned to real business situations. While in France, she taught different modules at Nantes University and the University of Poitiers. Afterward, she joined Nile University in Egypt to teach undergraduate students; E-Business, Innovation, Human Resource Management, and postgraduate students; Entrepreneurship. Hebatalla currently teaches Entrepreneurial Family Firms and Technology Strategy, besides supervising graduation projects at NewGiza University.

Published paper:

Kaoud, H., ElShihy, D., & Yousry, M. (2021, March). Online learning in Egyptian Universities Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Student’s Perspective. Third International Conference on Research in Education, Berlin, Germany.

Noha is the lecturer in the school of Business & Finance and the Project Manager for the NGU Academic Collaboration with King’s College in London. She has obtained her PhD from the School of Economics & Political Sciences, Major Public Administration at Cairo University, Thesis Titled (The Role of University Business Incubators in activating Entrepreneurship). she completed a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in management of non-profit and developed organizations at the American University in Cairo (AUC) thesis entitled “Military Spending & Natural Resources: Evidence from Global Data”- Class 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Highest Honors) with a major in management from Misr University for Science and Technology- Class 2011. Since 2011, Noha has held various teaching positions.  Prior to joining NGU, she was an Assistant Lecturer for the School of Business at Nile University. Noha joined NGU as a full-timer in 2017, Her research interests are in Public policies, Business Incubators, and Entrepreneurship.

Ph.D. Dissertation title:

Hassan, N. (2020). The role of university business incubators in accelerating entrepreneurship in the international context with a focus on the Egyptian universities. [Ph.D. Dissertation], Cairo University.

Prior to joining NGU, Dr. Rania was Lecturer of Management and the Learning Center Director at Nile University.

Before Nile University, Dr. Rania was the Head of the General Administration at El Garem Hospital. Heading four divisions: HR (permanent and visiting doctors plus admin. staff), Hospitality, Marketing and Purchasing (non-medical).

Area of Specialization: Management, Marketing, Human Resources.

Dr. Mostafa Yousri is a part-time Associate Professor of Mathematics and Risk Management. He holds a diploma in business from Redbridge College, London, as well as a Ph.D. in Enterprise Risk Management from Cairo University. Dr. Mostafa teaches Business Mathematics, Statistics, and Risk Management at the School of Business and Finance, and the School of Economics and Politics at NGU, and FCES and GSUCU joint program, Cairo University.

Published paper:

Kaoud, H., ElShihy, D., & Yousry, M. (2021, March). Online learning in Egyptian Universities Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Student’s Perspective. Third International Conference on Research in Education, Berlin, Germany.

Heba Al-Gazzar is a part-time member at NGU. She assisted in the Math, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Finance Fundamentals modules.

Heba is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), holds a Masters’ degree in Finance and is currently a Finance Ph.D. candidate. She has been teaching finance at FCES, Cairo University since 2008 till present and is also a CFA Instructor at The American University in Cairo.

Alia is currently studying towards a Ph.D. in Accounting at Cairo University. Alia has obtained her MSc. International Accounting & Finance from Heriot-Watt University, with the dissertation topic “Audit Quality in Egypt: Perceptions of Auditors and Financial Statements Preparers”, and her Bachelor of Accounting from The American University in Cairo. Prior to joining NGU, Alia was an Assistant Lecturer at The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport university. Alia’s area of specialization is financial accounting and audit.

Norhan is currently studying towards a DBA at Cairo University. Norhan graduated in Fall 2017 from Nile University with an EMBA, after completing her bachelor degree in Business Administration majoring in Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management.
Prior to joining NGU, Norhan was a teaching assistant at Nile university since 2014.

Hla Salah El-Din is the Head of the Quality Assurance Unit in the School of Business and Finance.

She is currently preparing for her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Arts, English Department Major: Linguistics at Cairo University. She attained her Masters’ Degree from Cairo University in 2018.

Prior to joining NGU, Hla was an Assistant Lecturer for the Faculty of Languages at the Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA) University.

Modules at NGU: International Business, Global Governance & Sustainability, International Trade, Global Business

Rana joined NGU as an assistant lecturer at the School of Business & Finance. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Political Science and Economics, Major Public Administration at Cairo University. Rana graduated with a major in Economics & a minor in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. She earned her Master’s Degree in Economics of International Development from the American University in Cairo. She gained her practical experience from the private sector and held several teaching positions as well over the years.

Rana’s areas of interest include governance & sustainability, public policy, macroeconomics, fintech as well as digital transformation particularly in Blockchain Business Strategy where she holds a degree from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Mohamed is currently toward starting his Ph.D. in Finance at Cairo University. He received his MBA in Finance and Investment from Cairo University with a thesis titled “Who leads to success: Venture Capital or Microfinance?” while his B.Sc. in Accounting from Alexandria University. Mohamed received many international certificates in Accounting, Finance, and IT fields.

With more than 20 years in the field of accounting, finance, and training with the international, multinational and private sectors, Mohamed earned a lot of experiences which come together with the academic experience to enable him to join NGU as a Full-time Assistant Lecturer for Accounting and Finance.

Before joining NGU, Mohamed was a Senior Level manager at several multinational organizations, accounting & finance tutor and trainer as well as financial advisor for several multinational corporations and organizations.

Modules at NGU: Finance Fundamentals, Investment, Financial Market & Institutions.

A BSc. holder in Finance & Investment from Georgia State University joint program in Cairo, Egypt since 2017. Passed CFA level 1 in 2018, a certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) since 2019, and currently an enrolled student in the Finance MicroMasters Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition, I am certified in Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies from Harvard Business School, as well as in Integrated Marketing Communications from Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid, Spain. I have professional experience in Financial Advisory and Project Management in Egypt and Germany.

Certificate presented to Sama El-Gohary representing New Giza University (NGU) for outstanding service as a faculty advisor as part of the CFA Institute Research Challenge Local Final Competition – February 2021