The 16th CMA program was conducted by Wisdom Institute in Dubai in April 2015. The program was again facilitated by Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO of ICMA Australia. It was a lively 7-days of intensive leaning on the strategic issues of management accounting. Once again, the participants were extremely senior professionals from leading companies in the Gulf region including: General Motors, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Insurance, Tec Buy Electronics, RTA-Dubai, Abu Dhabi Media, Binghatti Holdings LTD, OMV East Exploration GMBH, Qetmeer-Dubai, Gulf Cement, Tag Worldwide, Al Taawuun C&F, , ENOC. This was one of the most diverse groups of participants with representatives from CA Technologies in Poland, IACOVOU Brothers Construction in Cyprus, and MTN in Sudan.
The picture below is the student group with Professor Ratnatunga celebrating the end of 7-days that many said gave them “practical insights that could be immediately implemented in their organisations”.
Certificate of Proficiency in International Financial Reporting Standards
The first batch of students to qualify for the new ICMA’s “Certificates of Proficiency”; completed their 4-day course and examination in “International Financial Reporting Standards” at the Ramada Hotel in Dubai in March 2015. The course was conducted by Dr Anupam Mehta, an ICMA approved facilitator.
Pictured below are the participants proudly displaying their certificates. In the picture are Prof Babu Nainan the Brach President of ICMA, UAE and Professor Janek Ratnatunga, CEO of ICMA.
