A face-to-face CMA program was to be conducted in Dubai on April 11-19, 2026, but hostilities in the Middle East made this not possible. Many of the enrolled participants had, in fact, relocated back to their home countries.
The program was rescheduled for June 20- 28, 2026, but as hostilities persisted this was delivered over Zoom. This is 33rd CMA intensive program organised by Shakeeb Ahamed and MV Jayafar of the SMART Education Centre. The program was facilitated by Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO and Dr Chris D’Souza, ICMA Deputy CEO & CFO of ICMA(ANZ).
It was a lively 7-days of intensive learning over Zoom on the strategic issues of management accounting. Once again, the participants were extremely senior professionals from leading companies in the Gulf region. The countries from which the 29 participants came from included Saudi Arabia; Qatar, Sudan and all regions of the U.A.E.