The golf fanatics amongst you will know that Celtic Manor in Wales, UK was the venue for the Ryder Cup in 2010.  Well, on 5-6 July, it will play host to another golf competition - although I suspect that the standard might not be quite so high.

But before we are allowed on to the golf course, over 150 CFOs and FDs from across Europe will be getting together to network and discuss current challenges facing finance leaders at the CFO Event.

My colleague, Dave Rowsby, CIMA's Regional Director, Europe and I will be joining this illustrious gathering and presenting a workshop on the theme Building world class businesses for the long-term: challenges and opportunities.  This is based on a forthcoming CIMA report of the same name and looks at how businesses can embrace the value of long-term thinking.  I've blogged about it for the CFO event if you want to read more.

Please don't hesitate to touch base with us if you will be at Celtic Manor for the event.  I'm not sure that Dave or I are going to set the world alight with our performance on the greens though.  My excuse is that I'm a tennis player with quite a vicious double-handed backhand.