Financial Strategies for the Manager

1. Goals of financial management

2. Financial statement analysis

3. A systematic approch to financial performance appraisal of a firm base on trend

4. Risk and defensive strategies

5. Liquidity management and sales growth

6. Working capital management

7. Fixed assets

8. Budgeting

9. Economic value added (EVA)

10. Foreign exchange and interest rate risk management

In addition to his academic career, Charles Priester has a background in commercial lending and investment banking .

These two activities require a thorough understanding of the factors that make companies perform well or poorly and equally importantly, to discover the changes necessary to either turn around underperforming companies or prevent poorly informed decisions being made before they can harm a company.

Charles has taught Accounting, Introductory and Advanced Finance, Investment Banking, International Finance (specializing in Asia/Pacific Region), Portfolio Management, International Trade Finance, and EVA Analysis.

Charles has taught at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, Royal Roads University, Capilano College, the British Columbia Institute of Technology as well as given courses for the Certified Management Accountants of British Columbia and various corporate clients.

 

Wang Jincheng teaches business management courses at Tianjin University of Foreign studies. After completing his MBA program in UK, he went on to study with Asia Pacific Management Cooperative program at Capilano College in Canada. He has been involved in project financing for an oil product pipeline project in East Africa for a year and half.