Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Programme

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STARTS ON

28 June 2023

DURATION

6 Months
Online and In Person

PROGRAMME FEE

£25,200 £250 application fee

Flexible payment available

Programme overview

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Programme is a transformative learning journey designed to broaden your perspective and prepare you for the role of a strategic CFO. Enhance your skills to better align financial and corporate strategy, while learning to leverage AI and analytics to improve financial decision-making. The programme will further hone your ability to effectively communicate financial acumen and collaborate across functions.

69%

CFOs see their role fundamentally changing as finance tasks are automated.

SOURCE: EY

58%

CFOs say that combining state-of-the-art technology with process improvement will be a major focus for the future of the finance function.

SOURCE: EY

Programme highlights

Good for you. Good for your organisation.

The CFO Programme is designed to help you develop your leadership, strategy and communication capabilities to drive innovation and technological transformation throughout your organisation.

Build

Build your strengths as a strategic finance leader. Enhance your technical skills, financial expertise and leadership abilities, elevating your credibility as a trusted advisor and key decision-maker.

Learn

Engage with world-class faculty and industry practitioners with live online learning and in-person sessions in the heart of London. Get expert insights into the latest thinking on finance strategy, leadership and innovation.

Transform

Make a transformative impact on your organisation. Identify, evaluate, communicate and drive the implementation of strategic choices that lead to sustainable value creation and growth.

Curriculum

Financial Strategy and Management for the CFO
- Aligning corporate and financial strategy
- Advanced financial statement analysis and value creation
- Using debt financing to create value
- Key capital structure issues and trade-offs
- The CFO’s role in capital budgeting
- Project appraisal and company valuation
- Introduction to payout policy
- Dividends and share buybacks as value creation mechanisms
- Mergers and acquisitions: deal-making, valuation, financing structures and payment options, takeovers
- Identifying sources of competitive advantage and key value drivers
- Measuring and monitoring performance
- Alternative financing instruments
- Strategic risk management for CFOs: instruments and tools
- Strategic investment appraisal decisions and real options
- Initial public offerings
- Raising equity: seasoned offerings
- Corporate restructuring: diversification, LBOs, MBOs, leveraged recapitalisations
- Financial distress
- Long-term financial planning
AI for the CFO: The Business of AI
- What is AI and machine learning?
- The possibilities of AI
- Leveraging AI to create value
- Building AI capabilities
CFO’s Role in Strategic Innovation: Innovation through Design Thinking
- Innovation imperative
- Defining your innovation challenge
- Generating ideas
- Structures and techniques for developing ideas
- Making it happen
CFO as Strategic Partner: Strategic Thinking
- Value creation through strategic thinking and planning
- Strategic decision-making and judgement
- Agile strategy execution
- Aligning the organisation
- Responsible leadership
- Leading through purpose
- Leading change and transformation
- Building powerful relationships: communication, networks and engaging with stakeholders
- Growing talent and teams

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Virtual challenges

Guided by our world-leading faculty, research and consultancy, we are delighted to launch a new business transformation solution to help you navigate the key challenges facing your organisation today. Bringing together case studies from our global clients and practical workplace activities, each challenge takes 1–3 hours as an individual or a facilitated activity.

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Experts in the field

Michael Davies

Founder and CEO of Endeavour Partners

Michael Davies directs the Business of AI Programme and runs the New Technology Ventures Programme at London Business School. He works with leaders in technology to anticipate the future, navigate the resulting challenges and opportunities, and enable them to drive innovation. Davies has deep business and technology expertise in mobile and digital domains.

He is an expert in technology and business ecosystems, competition and collaboration and the management of innovation. Prior to founding Endeavour Partners, Davies held executive and strategic advisory roles with leading firms, including Boston Consulting Group, BellSouth International, Braxton Associates, GeoPartners Research and Mars Electronics. Davies is also a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Yiorgos Mylonadis

Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Professor Yiorgos Mylonadis specialises in business ecosystems, digital strategy, entrepreneurial communities, social enterprises and methodologies for strategic thinking. He has led large, multi-year advisory and teaching programmes for many firms including Nestle, IBM, Emirates, Oracle, GEA, Xstrata, Nokia, SKF and Mars.

After earning a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has held appointments on the faculties of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA) before joining London Business School in 2000, where he created Developing Strategy for Value Creation – the School’s first executive education strategy programme.

Henri Servaes

Richard Brealey Professor of Corporate Governance; Professor of Finance

Professor Henri Servaes’ areas of interest include corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and mutual funds. At London Business School, he teaches corporate finance, corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions.

He has been involved in consulting and executive education for Anglo American, Barclays, Bertelsmann, BG Group, Continental, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, The Financial Times (Lex Team), Freshfields, Mars, PwC and Suez, among others. Professor Servaes has also published articles in all leading finance journals. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute.

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Academic Director, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital

Professor Julian Birkinshaw’s main area of expertise is in the strategy and organisation of large corporations and specifically such issues as innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of International Business. Professor Birkinshaw is the author of 15 books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management and Giant Steps in Management and more than 90 articles in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

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Right for you

The CFO Programme is ideal for:

Senior finance executives who are new to the CFO role and seek to enhance their skills to better align financial and corporate strategy
Finance professionals who are preparing for a CFO assignment or similar strategic financial leadership position and want to hone their leadership abilities and leverage emerging technologies for sustainable growth.

Background and experience:

Senior-level executives with strategic and financial responsibilities
10+ years of management experience with strong financial acumen
From diverse industries ranging from large organizations to startups

Past participant profile

Diverse functional responsibilities

A wide range of work experience

Global cohort

Alumni benefits

Join London Business School's Executive Education alumni network to take your place in a 17,000-strong community spanning 150 countries.
Benefit from lifelong learning through monthly newsletters, interactive webinars and exclusive events in your region.
Join LBS Hub, our interactive alumni platform, to connect and network with some of the finest minds in the world of business.
Connect with your peers through our global clubs network and alumni directory.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified digital certificate of achievement by London Business School.

Programme calendar

This six-month programme journey features two on-campus immersion modules of one week each and two multi-week virtual modules. The curriculum explores various themes that are crucial for a modern CFO. You will learn through virtual and in-person classes, guest lectures, group coaching sessions, live case studies and academic director check-ins.

Note: Programme schedule is subject to change.

This certificate programme does not grant academic credit or a degree from London Business School.

Application details

programme fee

£25,200

The fee amount is available till ,, and does not include the application fee of £250

programme fee

£25,200

The fee amount is available till ,, and does not include the application fee of £330

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Our learning advisors have helped senior executives across the world choose the right programme for their career goals. Schedule a 1:1 to get a deeper understanding on why the Chief Financial Officer Programme is the right fit for you.

Email: lbs_cfo@emeritus.org

Phone: +44 122 858 5700 (UK) / +1 646 713-0918 (US) / +52 55535 02404 (Central America) / +65 6871 4030 (Singapore) /
+971 4430 2011 (Dubai) / +91 90290 07437 (India) / +86 400 100 8874 (China)

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