CIC Connect Program

Date of session 10 : Tuesday, June 17, 2025  from 7:00 PM To 8:00 PM ET
Date of session 11 : Tuesday, June 24, 2025  from 7:00 PM To 8:00 PM ET
Date of session 12 : Thursday, June 26, 2025  from 7:00 PM To 8:00 PM ET

Location:

• Virtual: Zoom (A link will be shared one day prior to the event)

Speaker:  

Tim Douglas, CMA, MBA
Prior to recently retiring after 22+ years of full-time employment with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund in Saudi Arabia, Tim Douglas, a Canadian, was Senior Lecturer – Finance and Accounting at SIDF, one of the Kingdom’s most respected and engaged institutions which has assumed the role of financial enabler for industrial development within the Kingdom.

During his SIDF years, Tim has worked actively on Executive Development Program design, facilitation and delivery with Stanford University, MIT, Queen's University (Canada), Baruch College in New York, JP Morgan Chase in New York, Fitch Learning in London. 

Most recently, Tim developed and delivered a Z-Scoring Lecture for the Credit Institute of Canada's Executive Certified Credit Professional (ECCP) program in Advanced Finance.

Prior to joining SIDF in 2000, Tim gained significant experience in corporate financial distress and turnaround situations in senior executive and consulting capacities within a variety of manufacturing and service entities in Canada. Tim holds a CMA designation, is a Platinum Level Leader for the Institute of Management Accountants in America and earned his MBA at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Over the years, Tim has actively and energetically promoted the CMA designation and has served as Chapter Chairman for Canada’s Ottawa Valley Chapter (Canada’s second largest Chapter). More recently, he was the founding Chairman of IMA’s Riyadh Chapter, the first professional organization of its kind in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and now, a Strategic Partner of the Saudi Organization of Certified Public Accountants. He has taught the CMA Exam Preparation Courses at Prince Sultan University, Al Faisal University and at SIDF in Riyadh. He has also taught Financial Accounting for several years in Prince Sultan University's MBA program. Tim served as the Past President of IMA Riyadh Chapter, sat on the Advisory Board for the College of Business Administration at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is a Founding Member of IMA’s Eastern Province Chapter of Saudi Arabia.

Tim recently moved to Ballina in New South Wales in Australia where he lives with his wife Judith.

June 17 Session

Topic: Altman Z-Score 1

June 24 Session

Topic: Altman Z-Score 2

June 26 Session

Topic: Ask an Expert

* This schedule is prepared in advance and may be subject to change without notice.