Course Details

Financial evaluation of proposed investment projects can be a key part of a CFO’s job. 


What will be covered


• Project evaluation using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) – the basics

• Complicating factors:

  • The multiple-division company
  • Uncertainty regarding cash flow projections
  • Then business cycle
  • Investing abroad


At the end of the session participants will fully understand the theory and practice of DCF analysis as applied to project evaluation. 


The session is targeted at corporate board directors, at chief financial officers and at those who advise them on corporate financial management. 



Course level: Advanced

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CPD Course Speaker

Finance Lecturer & Economics Columnist

Cormac Lucey

Cormac Lucey teaches finance, at post-graduate level, at the IMI, UCD, TCD and Chartered Accountants Ireland.

He is also a commentator on economic affairs both on broadcast media and through his weekly columns with The Sunday Times (Irish edition).

He served as a special adviser to Michael McDowell when he was Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) between 2002 and 2007. Cormac previously worked both in industry and in corporate finance in both Ireland in Germany.