Why Continuing Executive Education is a MUST for CFO aspirants?
In a rapidly changing environment, you must continuously learn to keep yourself adaptable.
The traditional CPD/CPE requirement may take care of your professional needs.
But if your ambition is to reach the C-Suite,
you must ensure that you get a continuing dose of
executive education.
Starts on
April 25, 2025
Live Sessions Fridays at 7:00 PM Dubai time
Subscription Fee $97/month
Peer Study Groups
and Networking
Experiential Learning
A core focus of the program is experiential learning. To ensure this, the 2nd session of the month is always a practical lab in the format of a simulation, case study, role-play, workshop, or an interactive activity.
Sustainable Schedules
The CEED progrm serves as a means towards life-long learning. With a requirement of just 2-3 hours a week with carefully chosen content. the program is sustainable in the long rj\un.
Peer Learning &
Networking
Through group assignments and group activities, there are plenty of opportunities available for peer-level learning and networking
Live Sessions
on Weekend
All live online sessions are conducted each Friday at 6:00 PM UAE time for about 90 minutes to two hours,
Flexible Commitment
No long term commitment is required. The program is not sequential. Each monthly topic is independent with no pre-requisite. You may, therefore, drop or re-join the program any time.
Your Personal Content Library
All CEED program content, as well as the content of the CFO Program you have attended including any future updates will remain available in your Personal Content Library as long as you keep your CEED account active.
NASBA Approved
CPE Credits
MECA CFO Academy is approved by NASBA to award 4 CPE credits for each month of activity within the CEED Program.
MECA Alumni
Benefits
Student of the CEED program will have access to the MECA Alumni network making it easier to network with senior finance executives around the world.
FREE WORKSHOP FOR CEED MEMBERS
PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
- Program is designed to be for long-term fulfilling the needs of student for continuing executive education for life-long learning.
- Two bi-weekly live coaching sessions of 90 to 120 minutes at 4:00 PM on alternative Fridays.
- In between the two sessions there might be an assignment needs to be complete.
- Overall study load is expected to be around 2-3 hours a week.
- All sessions are recorded and playbacks are usually available on the same day.
COURSE
STRUCTURE
- Every month a new topic is chosen from the broader themes of Leadership, Strategy and Digital.
- First session of the month is focused on understanding a theory, framework, model or idea.
- The second session of the month is more practical based on experiential learning and may involve a simulation, case study, workshop, role-play etc.
- In between the two sessions, there might be an home assignment to be completed by students.
- Before the first session, there may be pre-session video tutorials to be watched.
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Saleem Sufi
Saleem Sufi has been a Global Strategic CFO for more than 20 years working for world-class Fortune 500 and top Private Equity owned companies in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and United States. As an experienced speaker, corporate trainer and executive coach, Saleem has conducted numerous executive level workshops and seminars at international locations including Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Milan, 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. He has attended Harvard Business School a number of times for Executive Education. He has coached and trained hundreds of senior corporate professionals around the globe. He is the founder of MECA CFO Academy and currently dedicated to helping Finance professionals grow in leadership roles.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Dr. Prashanth Southekal
Dr. Prashanth Southekal is the Managing Principal of DBP Institute (www.dbp-institute.com), a data and analytics consulting, research, and education firm. He is a Consultant, Author, and Professor. He has consulted for over 75 organizations including P&G, GE, Shell, Apple, and SAP. Dr. Southekal is the author of two books — “Data for Business Performance” and "Analytics Best Practices” — and writes regularly on data, analytics, and machine learning in Forbes.com, FP&A Trends, and CFO.University. ANALYTICS BEST PRACTICES is in the top 100 analytics books of all time and in May 2022 was ranked #1 by BookAuthority. Apart from his consulting pursuits, he has trained over 3,000 professionals worldwide in Data and Analytics. Dr. Southekal is also an Adjunct Professor of Data and Analytics at IE Business School (Madrid, Spain). CDO Magazine included him in the top 75 global academic data leaders of 2022. He holds a Ph.D. from ESC Lille (FR) and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management (U.S.). He lives in Calgary, Canada with his wife, two children, and a high-energy Goldendoodle dog. Outside work, he loves juggling and cricket.
