CIMA global events: the CIMA Global Business Challenge.

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Team Anova, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, won the 2009 CIMA Global Business Challenge, a competition designed to bring out the best in potential business leaders among young people, They beat seven other national champions at the grand final, which took place on August 21 at the National University of Singapore.

Presentation on how to improve the working relationship between accounting and marketing

July 9, Kuala Lumpur

CIMA, Study Adelaide and the UN Institute for Training and Research co-hosted a talk by Ray Perry, director of brand at CIMA. In his presentation, entitled "Return on ideas = return on investment: creating financial value from marketing ideas", he discussed how marketing and finance might work better together to drive shareholder value across organisations.

The LionHeart Challenge national final

July 13, Liverpool

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A team from St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, in Carshalton, Surrey, beat 13 other teams from around the UK to win the national final of the LionHeart Challenge. The competition, of which CIMA is the national sponsor, took place at St George's Hall, Liverpool. CIMA student Howard Ebison, a competitor in the latest series of The Apprentice TV show (pictured, centre, with members of the judging panel and experts from the institute), presented the prizes.

Launch of CIMA certificate in Islamic finance

July 18, Maldives

CIMA's Sri Lanka division officially launched the CIMA certificate in Islamic finance in the Maldives at a seminar entitled "Islamic finance principles with business context". Keynote addresses were provided by the governor of the Maldivian Monetary Authority, Fazeel Najeeb, and the auditor-general, Ibrahim Naeem.

Presentation on effective networking

September 22, Dublin

CIMA's Dublin and district branch held an event entitled "Networking made easy". The presentation covered aspects such as barriers to networking, how to work a room without fear, starting your networking plan and setting your goals.