Live Educational Webinar
Learn Finance Principles in 1 Hour
Price: FREE
Jan. 3, 2017 Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Pacific)
1 Hour

Free Live Webinar
- Free CPE
- Non-sponsored Events mean you never listen to a 3rd party sales pitch – it’s all just great education
- Expert-instructor-led learning with live Q&A
- Based on a great course on Illumeo
Blair Cook, CA, CPA, MBA Partner, Executive Finance
This webinar takes a practical approach to considering how finance theory is applied in the business world. The webinar covers many of the key principles that embody corporate finance and gives participants a comprehensive appreciation of the finance discipline.
Whether you are aspiring to a career in finance or simply looking to round out your understanding of core financial concepts, this course is designed to cover such topics as financial analysis, forecasting, present value, future value, rate of return, use of debt leverage, and risk management, including derivative instruments.
Whether you are aspiring to a career in finance or simply looking to round out your understanding of core financial concepts, this course is designed to cover such topics as financial analysis, forecasting, present value, future value, rate of return, use of debt leverage, and risk management, including derivative instruments.
Learning Objectives
After attending this event you will be able to:

Discover what financial analysis is and how it used.

Discover how to calculate present value of future streams of cash flow with various profiles.

Discover how to calculate future value of future streams of cash flow with various profiles.

Discover the concept of financial leverage and optimal capital structure.

Identify where finance theory is applied in the workplace.
Speakers

Blair Cook, CA, CPA, MBA
Partner, Executive Finance
Blair Cook is a many-time CFO, corporate director, and educator working with dozens of public and private companies; and professional bodies and post-secondary institutions across Canada.
His career is divided between academic endeavors, such as developing the new certification program for CPA Canada, and working in the corporate world at the highest levels. As an academic-practitioner, he’s a life-long learner who observes and experiments with various financial and management theories in real world context. He shares stories of success and lessons learned to others who share a passion for developing financial leadership competency. Blair’s focus in recent years has been to define and develop a career path for financial professionals aspiring to the Office of the CFO.
His career is divided between academic endeavors, such as developing the new certification program for CPA Canada, and working in the corporate world at the highest levels. As an academic-practitioner, he’s a life-long learner who observes and experiments with various financial and management theories in real world context. He shares stories of success and lessons learned to others who share a passion for developing financial leadership competency. Blair’s focus in recent years has been to define and develop a career path for financial professionals aspiring to the Office of the CFO.

Moderated by: Khoa Tran
Operations Manager, Illumeo
Khoa is in charge of live event operations at Illumeo and has led the preparation and execution of hundreds of live events on various finance, accounting and related topics across the Office of the CFO. You could say his job is a lot like learning finance and accounting for a living. Khoa is primarily responsible for ensuring great content, delivery, and learning for each of Illumeo's webinars and live events.