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Professor Kevin Kaiser of INSEAD Business School will be hosting an Advanced Valuation Programme in Bucharest

The Advanced Valuation Programme, an innovative group of seminars from INSEAD Business School, will take place this year, between October 11th and 13th, at the Athenée Palace Hilton Hotel, a statement sent to ACTMedia reads. Hosted by world renowned Kevin Kaiser, Professor of Management Practice at INSEAD, the programme is meant for professionals in middle or top management positions, who are interested in learning how to distinguish value creation from value destruction in order to ensure long-term competitive success and survival.

The Advanced Valuation Programme will begin on October 11th in Bucharest and, in the following three days, will discuss topics such as: value creation, blue-line management, valuation concepts and the opportunity cost of capital, historical analysis and forecasting cash flows, capital structures, adjusted present value on emerging markets and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Organized by the INSEAD Alumni Association Romania, the event targets executives with experience in M&As, corporate finance or general managers, who are interested in contributing with greater efficiency to their company’s activities.

Joining the university in 1992, Prof. Kevin Kaiser has 24 years of experience within INSEAD Business School. Currently holding positions as Professor of Management Practice and Director of the ABN Amro Managing for Value Research Fund, he is active in conducting and sharing research and insight into how managers can better orient themselves and their organizations around value creation for long-term success. Kevin’s research has appeared in academic and practitioner journals and newspapers, and his two recently released books, The Blue Line Imperative, co-authored with David Young, and Becoming a Top Manager, co-authored with Michael Pich and I.J. Schecter, present the core insights around managing for value, along with practical ideas to help managers make it happen in addition to how to navigate the transition to a role in general management.

Kevin teaches extensively in the executive and MBA programmes at INSEAD and is an eight-time recipient of the MBA award for Best Teacher for Electives. In 2013, Kevin was short-listed as one of the four finalists for the Economist Intelligence Unit’s world-wide Business Professor of the Year competition.

The business course in Bucharest closely follows international curriculum and respects the quality standards imposed by the MBA classes of INSEAD, organization that has received a no. 1 in the world MBA Programme ranking from Financial Times, while also securing 1st place for its Tsinghua-INSEAD Dual Degree Executive MBA (TIEMBA) and Single School EMBA Programme (GEMBA). Class participants are carefully selected, taking into account educational background, professional training and management experience.

The Advanced Valuation Programme represents an opportunity to come in contact with the newest global trends in this field, a chance to discuss and generate economic ideas that can have a real impact on the international or local business environment alongside one of the most respected finance professors in the world. An INSEAD programme such as this, is a ticket to a vast and strong leadership community, that fosters strategic thinking and aims for constant development. An environment focused on knowledge-accumulation, networking with professionals from various industries from around the world, will shape you into a good leader and help you to become a better manager or entrepreneur” stated Cristian Ionescu, President of the INSEAD Alumni Association Romania and Country Manager at Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA).

Classes are taught in English and will take place between October 11th and 13th, while lasting approximately 8 hours per day. The course is now at the prolonged Early Bird price of 2,000 EUR until 30.09.2016, after this date the price will be 2,300 EUR. The cost includes meals and the graduation cocktail.

More details about the event’s agenda can be found on the following website: https://blogs.insead.edu/romania-iaa/calendar_event/advanced-valuation-program/

About INSEAD Alumni Association Romania

INSEAD Alumni Association Romania was founded in 2008 by a group of Romanian graduates. The organization has now reached a total of approximately 75 alumni.

The Association’s mission is to provide a platform for the development of professional relationships between INSEAD alumni and the local or international business environment

About INSEAD – The Business School of the World

As one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas to change lives and to transform organisations. A global perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of our research and teaching.

With campuses in Europe (France) and Asia (Singapore and UAE), INSEAD's business education and research spans three continents. Our 148 renowned Faculty members from 40 countries inspire more than 1,300 degree participants annually in our MBA, Executive MBA, specialised master's degrees (Master in Finance, Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change) and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 9,500 executives participate in INSEAD's Executive Education programmes each year.

In addition to INSEAD's programmes on our three campuses, INSEAD participates in academic partnerships with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia & San Francisco); the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University near Chicago; the Johns Hopkins University/SAIS in Washington DC and the Teachers College at Columbia University in New York; and MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Asia, INSEAD partners with School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. INSEAD is a founding member in the multidisciplinary Sorbonne University created in 2012, and also partners with Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil.

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