For Who?

The CFO Leadership Academy is designed for finance professionals who are either currently in a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role or aspire to be in one. This program typically caters to:

1. Current CFOs: To enhance their leadership skills, stay updated with the latest trends and practices in finance, and network with peers.
2. Aspiring CFOs: Finance professionals who are on the path to becoming CFOs, including senior finance managers, controllers, and directors of finance.
3. Senior Finance Executives: Other senior finance roles such as vice presidents of finance, treasurers, and heads of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) who are looking to step into a CFO role in the future.
4. Experienced Finance Professionals: Individuals with significant experience in finance who are looking to transition into a strategic leadership position within their organizations.

The academy provides training and development in areas such as strategic financial management, leadership, corporate governance, risk management, and other critical skills necessary for effective CFOs.

Our Value Preposition

Personal Growth and Support.

Provides a platform for you to tap into your greatest potential through guided engagements, discussions of case studies by carefully selected faculty (professors of practice). Continue to connect with our Professors of Practice to enhance the implementation of emerging personal insights resulting from the program.

Customized CFO Leadership Curriculum.

This program was developed in consultation with leading CFOs, CEOs and senior executives in leadership practice who participate in the delivery and panel discussions. It’s an integrated learning experience that combines academic rigor with real-world experiences to equip you in developing adequate solutions to meet global challenges.

Enjoy the benefits of belonging to the CFO LA Alumni.

Going through this program qualifies you for the CFO LA Alumni where you benefit through; continuous peer-learning from all the CFO LA cohorts; being considered for board, training faculty, part-time advisory roles with our various strategic partners.

Our Pedagogy

Our methodology of engagement employs an integrated learning-based approach involving;

self-assessment, peer knowledge-sharing, experiential exercises, practical workplace application and reflection.

Throughout the program, learning will be related to the day-to-day challenges and realities of the participants. This process will be enhanced through participant-led discussions about the leadership challenges that they encounter at work and a program assignment in which participants are required to complete a class project that is communicated in during the program to accelerate learning, behavioral change and knowledge transfer.

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1. Identify and improve your leadership style; The academy provides you with an opportunity to enhance your leadership, decision-making skills and competencies as you provide anchorage to your CEO.

2.  Enhance your confidence as a leader and establish new ways of influencing the teams you lead;  Accelerate your capability to effectively connect with the various stakeholders; managing board relationships, strategic partner engagements and negotiations. Position yourself as a Chief Value Officer by continually applying new relevant insights to deliver value.

3. Establish valuable network with your peers across the industry to discuss and respond to the emerging issues in the market and share their leadership challenges;  Enhance your ability to leverage the trending and emerging technologies to enhance your organizations productivity.

4. Build your regional and global competencies while appreciating cultural diversity in the workplace;  Learn together and establish new networks across the border through the program designed and aligned travel experience/excursions.

Leadership in the C-Suite.

Developing self-mastery. Communication and influence; problem solving and decision making; leadership.

Strategic Agility Becoming a valued team leader.

Big picture thinking; client and stakeholder needs; competitive advantage.

Playing in the C-league Shape relationships for success.

Managing board relationships; managing auditors as well as private and public regulators.

Post- C-Suite Life.

Scale up to step up.  Get the ropes on how you can best prepare for life after your C-Suite life?

Leadership in the C-Suite.

Developing self-mastery. Communication and influence; problem solving and decision making; leadership.

Strategic Agility Becoming a valued team leader.

Big picture thinking; client and stakeholder needs; competitive advantage.

Playing in the C-league Shape relationships for success.

Managing board relationships; managing auditors as well as private and public regulators.

Post- C-Suite Life.

Scale up to step up.  Get the ropes on how you can best prepare for life after your C-Suite life?

The New CFO Mandate.

Finance leaders are deeply involved in determining how businesses adapt to significant changes in how work gets done—particularly in places where digital and finance intersect.

CFOs are uniquely qualified to drive changes in how their companies experiment with new technologies, evaluate ESG risks and opportunities, and execute transformations.