The 25th CMA program was conducted by the SMART Education Centre in Dubai, UAE in April 2019. The program was again facilitated by and Dr Chris D’Souza, ICMA CFO, who covered the Strategic Cost Management subject; and Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO of ICMA Australia who covered the Strategic Business Analysis subject.
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. The countries from which the participants came from included Saudi Arabia and Sudan; and all regions of the U.A.E.
Professor Janek Ratnatunga is CEO of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. He has held appointments at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Australian National University in Australia; and the Universities of Washington, Richmond and Rhode Island in the USA. Prior to his academic career he worked with KPMG.