As part of the school's summer program, Khan spent a month in Egypt and two weeks in Dubai, where he attended meetings with corporate and government officials, including Farouk al-Okdah, a Wharton alumnus and governor of the CentralBankofEgypt.
It marked a cumulative loss of nearly 4 percent this week, after Egypt's centralbank took steps in what bankers believe is an attempt to control the devaluation of the currency.