CIMA opens office in Bangladesh

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CIMA opened its first office in Bangladesh recently at suite 309, RM centre (3rd floor) in the Gulshan Aagora Building, 101 Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka.

Having successfully positioned itself as the next generation qualification, CIMA is now geared to provide Bangladeshi students the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the global marketplace.

CIMA is renowned for developing today’s business leaders and looks forward to building the business leaders of tomorrow. The CIMA Dhaka office will now facilitate a new path for Bangladeshi students and professionals to acquire the world renowned qualification without having to go overseas.

The Dhaka office will provide support services for students in the region as well as advice and counselling on the CIMA qualification for prospective students. In line with CIMA’s purpose of the ever greater employability of its members, the office will also provide a hub for services to members to help them develop their careers.

CIMA provides a high quality range of tools, planners and extensive learning resources to assist students and members professional development as well as benefits designed to support their careers and general working lives. These include guidance on professional standards, networking facilities and access to career progression opportunities, which will be delivered by the new office.

In addition, CIMA will support its tuition providers to ensure that the students of the area are offered the same quality of tuition and support enjoyed by the other students in the region.

The branch was declared open by the regional director of CIMA – South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Bradley Emerson. At the opening, he declared: ‘CIMA globally had a historic growth in 2010, and a fair share of this growth came from South Asia. We know South Asian countries have a young population, that has the potential to become a global talent provider if we equip them with global skills.

‘If we do not provide our future talent with the skills to compete in the global playing field, we as a nation will be outcompeted. CIMA is the professional qualification that can transform the national ability to global capability. ‘We realise that Bangladesh is a country with the potential to make an economic impact in the region and therefore our presence in Bangladesh is timely and significant.’ The Dhaka office will be managed by Ms Zareef Tamanna Matin and her team.