Hala Hatoum earned her MBA in Finance in 2008 from the University of Toledo in Ohio, U.S.A. Hatoum worked as a financial analyst and business counselor for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 2009-2010. She is currently a faculty member of the University of Bahrain teaching in the fields of finance, economics, accounting and entrepreneurship since 2010, with research interests in entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, small business finance and corporate social responsibility. Through her work and research, Hatoum continues to be actively involved in encouraging the entrepreneurial aspirations of women, and has participated in numerous conferences and programs to promote entrepreneurship as a career path to the youth as well. As an academic, Hatoum became interested in exploring the impact of gender on entrepreneurship, and how to best direct entrepreneurial efforts to assist in advancing the development of female entrepreneurship.
