Rekha Rao-Nicholson

Professor of Management

Rekha Rao-Nicholson is a Professor of Management at the University of Essex. Whilst, pursuing her Post Doctoral research at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College, she looked at the development of several successful public-private partnerships in India. She has also studied successful cross-border acquisitions by several emerging economy companies; and the creation of value in project-based businesses in India. She has had numerous grants, including from funding councils like BA-Leverhulme, Royal Economic Society, ESRC. Prior to academia, she was in the industry for several years and has worked in both large MNCs as well as startups, including companies like Metaware Spa (Italy), Finmeccanica/Marconi Mobile (Italy) and Siemens (India). She also worked as a consultant on projects related to business development in emerging markets and IPR management.