Finance and Value Creation Workshop

What would a businessman (or woman) think if you asked "What is NPV?", or don't understand how an organisation creates value for investors?

CSEL organises and funds a two day workshop, designed specifically for members of UCL to address issues such as these. If you are preparing research proposals for company funding, or thinking about commercialising technology ideas this is a valuable workshop to attend. If taking an MBA elective at London Business School (500+ UCL members have so far), we cannot recommend this workshop too highly. The workshop is a pre-requisite for some electives.

If you do require this workshop as a pre-requisite for a London Business School elective in the upcoming term, you will automatically receive a place and I will send you more information at a later date, but you must still register using the link below. Therefore, please still apply for the elective of your choice and I will make sure you receive a place on the workshop before the start of term!

To register your interest please click here

The next workshop will be held in September 2009

PLEASE NOTE: If you have registered for the workshop, an invite will be sent to you about 4 weeks before the course. Please don't accept the invite unless you can attend both days in full!

FEEDBACK FROM RECENT WORKSHOPS:

"....In addition to teaching the principles of value creation from a technical standpoint (eg calculation of NPV from discounted future cash flows), the lecturer also filled in real-world examples and gave a broad sense of how the stock-markets function, and of how company valuations are arrived it." January 2009

"This is a great opportunity for me to learn finance and really recommend other scientific and engineering students without any experience in finance to attend." January 2009

"I have a great understanding on how financial markets work,how company accounts work and the techniques used to create value whilst also understanding who benefits from the value creation and the dangers caused by the current global financial crisis." January 2009

".....It was a great insight to have into the business world and an enjoyable learning experience. Even though I am mentally exhausted after the workshop, it has been worth every minute. The financial world doesn’t seem to me like a big unknown anymore and I feel more confident in engaging with the current financial issues." September 2008

"Listening to Keith talk about accounting and finance gave the subject depth that I never knew it had! He is obviously very passionate about the entire discipline and is extremely knowledgeable, but at no point was he put off by people asking questions, and explained every argument with patience and precision.
Just being in the class was an experience I won’t forget in a hurry. Rarely do we get the chance to meet people who are true leaders in their field, who are also genuinely nice. I could go on but actually I know exactly what Keith would want me to say, something that is always the right answer: Keith taught me how I can create VALUE, and that’s something I didn’t know." September 2008

"Very entertaining, stimulating and addressing concurrent world issues with a hint of humour. Keith's personal experience with different companies was extremely useful and educative." September 2008

"I now understand the major driver behind running a successful company – to create value for the owners (i.e. shareholders).
The stories of Mr Freeman were particularly interesting and made the course all the more interesting and valuable – the techniques can be learnt from a book, but it is very difficult to get true worth of these methods without the case-studies provided by Mr Freeman" April 2008

"I found the workshop to be a good introduction. Keith did an excellent job of describing what value was and how it is measured in a business sense. I was particularly impressed with his ability to make a dry subject engaging—this helped greatly with meeting my objectives since I was able to stay focused." April 2008

"I really did learn a lot on the course, while I knew most of the core aspects of the course, the lecturer really explained some concepts well that I didn’t fully understand (even when I previously thought I did!)" April 2008

"I’d just like to reiterate how impressed I was by Keith. Any man that can explain finance in an entertaining fashion has a very, very rare talent." April 2008

"It is a very useful workshop, and I thank the opportunity to be in it. I thought that I would get bored (since I studied most of the things before) but it was an excellent review, EXCELLENT PROFESSOR and I enjoyed being in it." April 2008

"I found the workshop really useful as it was really different than what I have been doing for years and it was a beginner's level-basic course." January 2008

"I have learned a lot on how to value a project, how to value a company, how to choose a potential project and how to price a project. Also learned something on the store market, pension, tax etc. I think this course is excellent." January 2008