Mastering Presentation Skills for Finance Professionals

A One-Day Workshop

An Essential Strategy Tool In Enterprise Performance Management For CFOs And Senior Corporate Executives

Saturday | 23 July, 2016 | Dusit Thani Hotel | Dubai, UAE

Presented By Organized By:

A Highly Interactive Workshop Designed for CFOs and Senior Finance Professionals

CFO ACADEMY

Overview

The best qualities of successful leaders are their communication, public speaking and presentation skills. In the corporate environment, those who have good command on their presentation skills usually get an advantage to rise on the corporate ladder faster.

In Finance and Accounting profession there is generally a lack of good speakers and presenters. As a result, many times these professionals struggle to communicate or make a positive impact on their non-Finance seniors. This one-day highly interactive workshop has been specially designed for Accounting and Finance professionals. Through demonstrating live videos of different speaking and presentation styles, the attendees are guided with practical tips and tactics to be used for effective presentations. The attendees are also provided the opportunities to apply the techniques through short practice sessions and with immediate feedback.

HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT: Attending this one day high-paced, interactive workshop will enable you to:

Understand why being a good presenter is essential for your successful corporate career.

Overcome the fear of public speaking by learning the proven techniques to control your nervousness.

Learn how to develop and prepare compelling contents for your presentation.

Develop the skill how to engage and connect with your audience.

Learn the art of story-telling relating to the message you want to deliver.

Deal with disasters and difficult situations during the presentation.

Learn how to conduct virtual presentations. Command on your voice and body language. Fully comprehend how to plan and deliver an impressive

‘Finance for Non Finance’ training at your company.

Program Overview

PROGRAM BENEFITS

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Accountants as Public Speakers

Overcoming Your Fear

Understanding Your Audience

Creating Contents That Engage

Presentation Formats

Rehearsing and Practicing

Planning Presentation Setup

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DU

LE

1

Opening Your Presentation

Voice Control and Body Language

Connecting With Your Audience

Telling Stories

How to Start if You Are New

Handling Q&A

Dealing With Difficult Situations

Let The Numbers Speak

Using Charts, Graphs and Visuals

Delivering a ‘Finance for Non Finance’ Training

Critical Mistakes to Avoid

Case Study / Practice Session

MO

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LE 2

M

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3

PREPARING

FOR A PRESENTATION

DELIVERING

A PRESENTATION

PRESENTING

NUMBERS

Program Outline

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This workshop is primarily designed for Finance and Accounting professionals who want to polish their presentation and public speaking skills. It is particularly useful for senior level executives, including CFOs, Finance Directors, VPs of Finance,

GMs of Finance, Heads of Finance Controllers, Chief Accountants,

Auditors, Accounting Managers, Treasurers etc.

Financial Analysts, Business Analysts Financial Consultants, Financial

Advisors, Tax Consultants Other executives and professionals who

are involved in presenting numbers or complex analysis to clients or senior management.

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PROGRAM FEE

US$ 995 for the one-day workshop

including lunch, coffee breaks and

course material. Discounts are available

for more than two seats.

MECA CFO ACADEMY

MECA CFO Academy is a sub-unit of the American Institute of Executive Education incorporated in New Jersey, USA. The main focus of the CFO Academy is to provide premium executive education to senior Finance professionals through classroom or online channels. During 2016 alone, more than 300 senior executives have attended various training offered by the CFO Academy.

PROGRAM FORMAT

This one-day program is designed to

work in a highly interactive

workshop format to maximize

benefits to the attending

professionals. Through short

practice sessions, attendees get the

first-hand experience to overcome

their fear and get immediate

feedback from the instructor and the

audience. Several demo videos are

used to demonstrate the various

styles of presentation. The attendees

will also have chance to make

presentations in smaller groups and

get immediate feedback.

WORKSHOP LEADER

Saleem Sufi been a CFO level strategy practitioner for more than 18 years working for top world class Fortune 500 Companies and Private Equity Firms in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and United States. During his tenure with Philips Electronics, he successfully led and executed several initiatives in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Thailand involving performance management and implementation of Balanced Scorecard. Afterwards, he moved to United States and supported Philips Lighting North America through strategic modeling to measure its marketing performance. In later years, he served some of the best Fortune 500 and Private Equity companies including Wells Fargo and Carlyle, as Vice President and CFO. In the last few years, he has been the Head of Finance and Strategy with a large multibillion industrial group of companies in Middle East and a global manufacturing company in New York.

SALEEM SUFI Global Strategic CFO CFO Leadership Coach and Speaker Founder, MECA CFO Alliance and CFO Academy

As an experienced corporate trainer and executive coach, he has conducted numerous executive level workshops and seminars on the subjects of Finance, Strategy, Enterprise Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard in international locations including Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai, Riyadh, Dubai and New York. Saleem is an MBA with major in Strategy and Finance and a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants. While attending Harvard Business School for Executive Education, he was trained and coached by world renowned Professor Dr. Robert Kaplan (co-founder of Balanced Scorecard) on the techniques and methodology of Balanced Scorecard. He has also authored “25 Essential Marketing Metrics” a book published by the Institute of Business Strategy in United States.

Saleem is also the Founder and President of MECA CFO Alliance and MECA CFO Academy. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey and frequently travel around the globe.

MASTERING PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR FINANCE PROFESSIONALS

Date: Saturday, 23 July, 2016 Location: Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE

1) Mian Ahmad Farhan, FCA Program Director, MECA CFO Academy Email: maf@pacdubai.com Office Ph: +971 4 3881701-02 Cell: +971 55 2100668

2) Ayesha Ahmad Khan Marketing Manager, MECA CFO Academy Email: ayesha@cfoacademy.org Office Ph: +971 4 3881701-02 Cell: +971 50 789 9589

PROGRAM FEE: USD 995/= Discounts are available for 2 or more seats

MECA CFO Academy

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