Financial Skills For The Board Informa Connect Middle East
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.

Course details

Every decision in business has a financial impact. Directors and executive management therefore need to ensure that they have the necessary skills and capabilities to contribute meaningfully to Board debates and conversations. Relying 100% on the Finance Director/CFO is simply bad practice.

This highly practical three-day seminar will walk delegates through the key ingredients of financial awareness as required by Board members. You will learn from the approaches adopted by professionals, eg. Debt Rating Agencies, Stock Market Analysts, and case study work will feature well known international companies that you will be able to relate to, eg. Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Vodafone and Manchester United.

The seminar will provide you with practical analytical tools to understand company financials, to be able to perform a professional assessment of your company's financial health.

You will also be provided with the strategic side of finance to enable you to be a better director and to make a more meaningful contribution at the Board level. Practicality will be mixed with an appreciation of the regulatory framework and you will, at the end, feel more confident when discussing financial matters. The seminar will also give you confidence when dealing with external auditors, bankers, investors and other professionals.

You will explore numerous case studies of recent financial scandals and collapses, exposing you to points you must look out for to ensure that you fulfill your legal obligations.

Course Content

  • Role Of Finance In Business
  • The Ideal Finance Director/CFO
  • The Regulatory Framework
  • Accounting Concepts
  • Understanding The Key Financial Statements
  • Impact
  • Assessing Financial Health
  • Financial Ratios
  • Cash Flow
  • The Investment Perspective
  • Creative Accounting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Break Even Analysis
  • Raising Capital
  • Capital Decisions
  • Valuing A Business
  • Business Failures

Updated on 01 May, 2018

About Informa Connect Middle East

Informa Connect Middle East, is part of Informa, a multinational publicly listed publishing and events company.

The Middle East office was previously known as IIR Middle East, and has been established in Dubai since 1993. Informa Middle East has grown to be the largest event organiser in the region and with over 300 staff, the office runs over 450 training courses and over 40 conferences regionally on an annual basis.

The company also incorporates Informa Global Exhibitions which organises around 130 trade and consumer exhibitions in over 38 cities across the globe.  Arab Health, Cityscape, Middle East Electricity and The Bride Show are some of the flag ship events.
Aside from the public training courses, conferences and exhibitions, Informa Middle East also provides in-house training to companies as well as manages events on behalf of corporate clients. Some of the past clients include NBAD, Microsoft, Etisalat, STC, Mobily, and ADNOC.  

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