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In line with CIMA’s vision to develop future business leaders

and change lives around the world, the CIMA Global Business

Challenge 2010 was developed and organised in partnership

with Barclays, to bring out the best in business leaders of

tomorrow and to give them the opportunity of global exposure.

Being our global headline partner, Barclays shares a similar

vision of developing young talents around the world. The GBC

2010 attracted over 6,000 registrations from 14 regions around

the world. The participating regions included Australia, Mainland

China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines, India,

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, UAE, South Africa, Ireland and

the UK. The 2010 global final was held on 5 – 6 August 2010 in

Malaysia, one of CIMA’s established markets.

Day oneOur participants travelled from all over the

world with the aspiration to become the global

champion of the GBC 2010. On day one they

presented their business solution to a judging

panel of high ranking experts, which included:

Robert Arbuthnott, CFO, Asia Pacific, Barclays

Capital; Kam Patel, Director, Barclays Capital;

Mark Grill, CFO of IBM Malaysia; Harold Baird,

CIMA Deputy President; Jeremy Nasrulhaq,

Divisional Deputy President of CIMA Malaysia

and Ray Perry, Executive Director Brand, Profile

and Marketing at CIMA.

The participants’ talent and calibre were clearly

demonstrated through the team broadcast they

produced as well as the business presentation

they delivered. Ray Perry, who was also the chief

judge for this year’s global final commended

the participants: ‘The GBC is a hugely rewarding

event for CIMA as it gives us the opportunity to

discover and showcase the talented young business

leaders of tomorrow. It has been an electric couple

of days and I commend each of the 14 finalist

teams on their professionalism and dedication to

the competition. This year’s event has been very

challenging to judge as the level of skill displayed by

each of the global finalists was exceptionally high.’

Taylor’s University College, Lakeside Campus

was the venue sponsor for the competition. The

grandeur of the venue accentuated the scale of the

event. The participants and audience were treated

with excellent food and entertainment prepared by

the students of Taylor’s University College.

The Business Flight SimulatorAfter an intense first day, day two started later in

the afternoon, giving students the time to relax

and recuperate. The Business Flight Simulator

competition is another part of the GBC2010

aimed to give participants a taste of the business

world. Developed by Metapraxis, the Business

Flight Simulation is a revolutionary computerised

training technique that delivers an intuitive

understanding of how a business really works,

within a very short time.

Participants were given the opportunity to

prepare and had trial runs before actually

competing against one another at the event to

determine who had the most business sense.

Excitement filled the room and adrenalin was

pumping throughout the competition. After

rounds of battling to achieve maximum profit,

Chameleon Consulting from the UK was declared

the winner. The team won a dinner for five at

the exclusive KL Tower. Not only did they enjoy

a scrumptious feast, the night view of KL was

unforgettable!

‘Vote for your favourite team broadcast’Apart from the Business Flight Simulation, CIMA

have also hosted the ‘Vote for your favourite

team broadcast’ contest on Facebook as part of

the build up to the main event. Members of the

public were invited to vote for their favourite

team broadcast via the CIMA fan page.

The GBC is a hugely rewarding event

for CIMA as it gives us the opportunity

to discover and showcase the talented

young business leaders of tomorrow.

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How does it work?

Our global finalist teams each produced a three

minute (or less) video clip to:

• introduce the team and its members

• explain how the CIMA qualification can

benefit consultants in their work.

The Malaysian team, The Elites, were the winners

with 2,784 votes, followed closely by The Marks

from Pakistan with 2,568 votes and in third

place was The SCIONS Consultancy Firm from

The Philippines with 1,327 votes. The Team

Broadcast contest was designed to encourage

the participants to showcase their creative side.

It must be said, the team broadcasts were very

impressive!

Gala dinner and awards ceremonyThe event ended on a high note with the glamorous

gala dinner and awards ceremony. Participants,

staff and guests alike dressed up in their best

suits to attend this much anticipated part of the

event. This has been an experience of a lifetime

for the participants. Apart from winning a free trip

to Malaysia, the participants got to experience

different cultures, gained new friendships and the

international exposure which may help them to

further their career in the near future.

The results of the competition:Global champion

Team Starlight, The University of Hong Kong

(Won an Apple iPad each, along with certificates,

medals and trophy)

1st runner up

Team Monash, Monash University, Australia

(Won a Dell Inspiron Mini Netbook each, along

with certificates, medals and trophy)

2nd runner up

The SCIONS Consultancy Firm, University of

the Philippines Visayas, The Philippines (Won a

Sony Handycam Camcorder each, along with

certificates, medals and trophy)

Best future business leader

Henry Gomes Jr., The SCIONS Consultancy Firm,

University of the Philippines Visayas (Won an

Apple iPod Touch)

Best team broadcast

The Elites, Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia

(Won an Apple iPod Nano each)

Winner for the Business Flight Simulator

competition:

Chameleon Consulting, The University of Sussex

(Won dinner voucher for five at the prestigious

KL Tower)

All the participants also received a CIMAStudy.com

voucher and a free registration voucher to study CIMA.

The other finalists(Won an Apple iPod Shuffle each, along with

certificates, medals and trophy)

The Aretes

BRAC University, Bangladesh

4 Up

Southwestern University of Finance and

Economics, China

BPGC WS, BITS Pilani

Goa Campus, India

Universal Corporate Consulting (UCC)

University College Cork, Ireland

The Elites

Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia

The Marks

Institute of Business Management, Pakistan

Generation Gee

Singapore Management University, Singapore

Sunesis Business Solutions

North West University, South Africa

Kudos Consultancy

University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Bizz Wizards

University of Wollongong, UAE

Chameleon Consulting

The University of Sussex, UK

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On being pronounced global champions, team

Starlight, from The University of Hong Kong, said:

‘We are amazed and excited to be named CIMA GBC

champions 2010! The team has worked exceptionally

hard and we were proud to represent Hong Kong.

We are grateful to CIMA for the opportunity to

showcase our talent and we hope this will be the first

step towards successful careers for all of us.’ As the

night came to an end, Harold Baid, CIMA Deputy

President addressed the participants in his closing

speech: ‘I am confident that you will go on to achieve

great things with your lives – whatever line of work

you choose. You should be very proud of yourselves

for being with us this evening and I wish you all every

good fortune today and with your future careers. And

remember you don’t have to be great to get started

but you have to get started to be great.’

What’s next?For more photos or video clips of the GBC2010

global final, please visit www.cimaglobal.com/gbc

Interested in becoming the next future business

leader? Sign up for the opportunity to showcase

your business management skills on an

international stage.

Find out more about the CIMA Global Business

Challenge 2011 by visiting

www.cimaglobal.com/gbc

or contact your local CIMA office.

Sign up for an opportunity of a lifetime today!

www.cimaglobal.com/gbc