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AICPA & CIMA CGMA Leadership Academy

n October, Singapore was the venue for accounting and finance talent to discuss Aimed at accounting and finance
Ithe CGMA Leadership Academy 2022, two major trends in today’s business professionals from across Asia, the four-
which brought together business, landscape: environmental, social, and day programme provided an opportunity
accounting, and finance thought leaders governance (ESG) issues, and digital to develop strategic thinking, self-
and experts with up-and-coming transformation of the finance function. leadership, and other business skills.

Around 60 CGMA designation-holders attended the CGMA Leadership Academy in Singapore in October.

Employers sign up to AICPA
apprenticeship programme

ICPA & CIMA and the US Department of Labor announced in November
Athe signing of Liberty Bank, Aon plc, and HP Inc. to the Registered BOTTOM: IMAGE BY RICHARD DRURY/GETTY IMAGES
Apprenticeship for Finance Business Partners programme. The US’s
first-of-its-type programme for accounting and finance aims to establish a
pipeline of highly engaged candidates that allows employers to develop
more skilled, diverse, and long-term employees. It is built on the CGMA
Finance Leadership Program leading to the award of the CGMA designation.

40 I FM MAGAZINE I February 2023