IIR Middle East to hold GCC Management Accounting Forum

Recession is the start of a 10 year boom. We are well into it and are now beginning to identify opportunities to tap for the next 9 years.

How we should position ourselves to identify those opportunities better is the very focus of this

Raza Chevel, Event Director, IIR Middle East, organisers of the forum, said:

"When we started researching this forum last year, analysts were holding back their cards with a wait and watch attitude. With time and with the horizon more certain, speculators and investors will identify beneficial long term market opportunities as regional market confidence begins to regain its former glory."

"In our search for specific organisations to share their case studies at this forum, we understood that the opportunities which lie ahead, are quite niche and undetected. Not everyone knew how to tap into them. Sustainable organisations with a firmer footing and a long term investment focus are now moving in. We have, with their guidance, focused this forum on addressing the challenges which lie ahead in a delicate market to include how these organisations have placed themselves to not only survive the times, but to thrive," he added.

Debates and discussions at the forum will focus on strategies used by these organisations to continue to place themselves progressively - spotting opportunities for growth to tap into the cycle as it reverses itself.

Topics to be addressed include:

- How does an organisation place itself strategically for the next stage?

- Was the management accountant as a leader, instrumental in steering the board to take futuristic investment decisions?

- How management accountants lead their teams to report more effectively

- In hedging against market volatility was risk the integral factor?

- Does your team supply the relevant business information to help you decide?

- Are management accountants skilled enough to translate vital financial figures to the board; can you think like them?

- How do you create value and align with corporate strategy?

- Is the management accountant a business partner?

- How do you plan for market volatility and work around it?

- How seasoned is your reaction in a market crisis?

Evidence of the choice of presenters lies in their survival over the last few months. They are all busy steering the board to better times while others may have had to rethink their survival. Elite organisations presenting on this forum include:

- Emirates Airlines
- The UK National Health Service
- Standard Chartered Bank
- SAMA
- Limitless
- Saraya
- Beiesdorf
- Khoie Group
- Emirates Bank
- Gulf Finance House
- ICAEW
- CPA Australia
- University of Hull
- Dubai Aerospace

"I urge you not to miss this opportunity to hear organisations which continue to profit event today and witness unprecedented growth while maintaining a clear corporate vision in such turbulent times. Definitely organisations you would be pleased to benchmark against while you gain up to 37 hours towards your CPE requirements!" added Raza Chevel.

The GCC Management Accounting Forum will be held 31 May - 4 June 2009, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Dubai, UAE.