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Out of the 320 teams representing 1,278 aspirants, 53 Universities in 25 countries across 5 continents, the Project Board of The CFO Case Study Competition has today, June 1 2016 announced the top 12 teams named alphabetically by team name as below:

 For detailed team profiles click here.

Independent external examiners worked day and night, rigorously and fairly evaluating all the submitted reports against the key competencies of a modern-day CFO and business leader to help pick these top 12 winners. These outstanding teams have now been invited to submit a video link of their real 15 minutes powerpoint stage presentation from which the best 6 teams will then be announced on June 30, 2016.

Valentine Nti (pictured), The CFO Case Study Competition project executive director, said: “Besides the overwhelming uptake and response rate, we were blown away by the degree of knowledge and skill the aspirants displayed to tackle the case study. Steps will be taken to provide feedback to the other teams that did not make the final 12. Overall, we are delighted by what these leading Universities/Schools of Business in South Africa and around the world are doing to build our next generation of CFO’s and Business Leaders.”

The final 6 teams will be invited on an all expenses paid trip to Johannesburg, South Africa to compete for chance to be crowned The CharterQuest Future CFOs & Business Leaders in October 2016 at the Finance Indaba Africa Expo (Sandton Convention Center) with an opportunity to open the JSE Market on 18 October, also blowing the famous Kudu horn to signal Africa's premier global case study challenge has produced its first champions.