Launch of the Accounting and Financial Management Center of Excellence (ACE)

The Stockholm School of Economics has decided to launch the Accounting and Financial Management Center of Excellence (ACE). In an increasingly challenging business environment, proficiency in the areas of financial reporting, financial analysis, valuation and management control is required both for specialists and for people in leading positions.

The new center of excellence at the Stockholm School of Economics has three major pillars:
1) a top-level master program in Accounting and Financial Management with a significant share of international students; 2) a highly attractive research environment for scholars in the field; and 3) a creative and innovative partner to the business community with a unique hub for student, faculty and business talent growth.

You are cordially invited to the Stockholm School of Economics on April 14, 2016 at 16.00 to participate in our seminar and reception to launch ACE.

THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ACTIVITY

16.00 Opening speech by the President of the Stockholm School of Economics.
Lars Strannegård, Professor

16.10 Accounting and Financial Management – the current state and what it takes to be a leading European business school in this area.
Niclas Hellman, Acting Professor

16.30 Panel Discussion: How do we develop CFO talent for contemporary and future challenges?

CFOs are at the center of both operations and finance in a modern organization. As a consequence, does the role require a specialist or a generalist career?

Panel members:
Johan Molin, CEO Assa Abloy
Ingrid Bonde, CFO Vattenfall
Henrik Nilsson, Program Director, SSE Master Program in Accounting and Financial Management, Acting Professor

Panel moderator:
Hanna Setterberg, Assistant Professor

17.15 Accounting and Financial Management Center of Excellence (ACE): the content of the new venture
Tomas Hjelström, Center Director

18.00 Reception

20.00 End

RSVP: March 15, 2016

QUESTIONS about the event, please contact: Tomas.Hjelstrom@hhs.se

Lars Strannegård
President
Stockholm School of Economics

Johnny Lind
Head of Department of Accounting
Stockholm School of Economics

Press- or media questions, please contact:
Pehr Mårtens, Communications Manager, Stockholm School of Economics
Pehr.Martens@hhs.se, +46-8-736 9343

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