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Cass Business School Dubai welcomes fifth Executive MBA class

Dubai, UAE, September 25, 2011: Cass Business School Dubai today welcomed the fifth intake of its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme, ranked the 10th best in the world by the Financial Times. The class of 2011-13, comprising 61 students from 24 countries, will study at the Cass Dubai Centre in DIFC.

This year's EMBA programme began with a four day induction at the Cass Dubai Centre in DIFC, including an introduction to the faculty, the unique Cass virtual learning environment, Moodle, team building and professional development workshops and a social reception hosted by the school at the Capital Club. The students also enjoyed a formal welcome to the course in the presence of DIFC Management and Guy Warrington, HM Consul General.

Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar, CEO of DIFC Authority, said: "We would like to welcome Cass's fifth intake of its EMBA programme. As part of its mandate to contribute to the development and growth of the financial sector in the region and to UAE's economy, DIFC supports educational programmes that help in the creation of knowledgeable, experienced and talented professionals. The Cass programme indeed complements this mandate. We look forward to congratulating the new intake on their successful completion of the programme to having their eventual contribution to the growth of the regional financial services industry".

Professor Roy Batchelor, Associate Dean MBA programmes at Cass, said: "On behalf of everyone at Cass Business School , I welcome the 2011-2013 cohort of students to the Dubai Executive MBA. The group can look forward to two years of world-class business education, delivered by internationally recognised academics, and the opportunity to build their international network of business contacts. With a wide choice of electives, students can tailor the content of the programme, meaning the course will take them wherever they want to go in their career."

Ehsan Razavizadeh, Regional Director for Middle-East and North Africa said: "In just five years, the Cass EMBA programme has earned an enviable reputation in the UAE and across the region. This reputation is once again reflected in the hugely impressive educational and professional backgrounds of our student intake. Many of our alumni are already taking major strides in the professional world, and I am confident this year's class will join them and become the region's next generation of business leaders."

Launched in 2007, the two-year Cass EMBA course is designed to meet the needs of business executives in the Middle East and surrounding regions.

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About Cass Business School :
Cass Business School , which is part of City University London, delivers innovative, relevant and forward-looking education, training, consultancy and research. Located in the heart of one of the world's leading financial centres, Cass is the business school for the City of London.

Cass MBA, specialist Masters and undergraduate degrees have a global reputation for excellence, and the School supports nearly 100 PhD students. Cass offers the widest portfolio of specialist Masters programmes in Europe and our Executive MBA is ranked tenth in the world by the Financial Times. Cass has the largest faculties of Finance and Actuarial Science and Insurance in Europe. It is ranked in the top 10 UK business schools for business, management and finance research and 90% of the research output is internationally significant.

Cass Business School in Dubai was established in 2007 in association with Dubai International Financial Centre, launching with an Executive MBA (EMBA) programme. The programme currently offers over 160 executives and professionals not only from the GCC region but also as far as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Singapore, UK, Poland and US, an opportunity to combine demanding work schedules with an internationally acclaimed EMBA nearer to their home and work environments. Cass Business School Dubai's EMBA is the world's first EMBA programme to offer specialist Islamic Finance and Energy modules in addition to other tailor-made programmes companies and public institutions of the region.

Cass is a place where students, academics, industry experts, business leaders and policy makers can enrich each other's thinking. For further information visit: www.cass.city.ac.uk.

About DIFC
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the financial and business hub connecting the region's emerging markets with the developed markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Since its launch in 2004, DIFC, a purposely built financial free zone, has been committed to encouraging economic growth and development in the region through its strong financial and business infrastructure. Currently, DIFC's client base comprises over 800 active registered firms, including 18 of the top 25 global banks, 8 of the largest global asset managers, 6 of the 10 largest insurers and 6 of the top 10 law firms in the world. More than 11 thousand employees operate in an open environment complemented by international legal and regulatory standards. DIFC offers its member companies benefits such as 100 per cent foreign ownership, zero per cent tax rate, with no restriction on capital convertibility or profit repatriation. DIFC has its own independent financial and ancillary services regulatory body, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). It also has the DIFC Courts, which is an independent common law judiciary based in DIFC with jurisdiction over civil and commercial disputes in or relating to the Centre. DIFC is built upon a modern legal, regulatory and physical infrastructure which makes it the destination of choice for Financial Services firms establishing a presence in the region.

For further information, please visit our website: www.difc.ae, or follow us on Twitter @DIFC.

For further inquiries on DIFC, please contact:
Shaima Al Zarouni
PR Manager
Dubai International Financial Centre
Tel: +971 4 362 2432
Shaima.alzarouni@difc.ae

For Cass Business School press information, contact:
Liam Turner / Tameem Al Kintar
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Tel: +971 433 44550
E-mail: l.turner@asdaa.com / t.alkintar@asdaa.com

© Press Release 2011