European Financial Leadership Seminar 2009

About

CHALLENGE: Become the Finance Leader of a $80 Billion multi-national for one week.

Are you an excellent student who combines leadership skills with strong analytical capabilities? And do you expect to graduate in 2009 or 2010?

Procter & Gamble is one of the world’s most successful consumer goods companies. With 23 brands with sales above a billion dollars per year and 138,000 employees worldwide, P&G is a great place to start your career in a dynamic environment.

Apply now and take the challenge.

European Financial Leadership Seminar (EFS):
May 3rd to 8th, 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland)

General Information

Dates:
May 3rd to 8th, 2009

Open to Applicants from:
Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Location:
Geneva (Switzerland)

Application Deadlines:
February 22nd, 2009

Course Structure

Details:
The EFS is a one-week working session that was established in 1990. The 18th edition of the annual seminar will be held from Sunday, May 4th until Friday, May 9th, 2008 at the P&G European Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Travel and accommodation expenses for all participants will be paid by P&G.

During this week, you and other excellent students from around the world will run a multinational business, developing your management and financial skills by working in teams and interacting with experienced P&G executives. The EFS is an opportunity for you to learn within P&G.

The EFS will expose you to a real life business case study, which challenges you to develop strategies and drive decisions together with top students from all over the world.

The European Financial Seminar will give you the opportunity to:

Develop your management and financial skills.

Test yourself in an international business environment.

Interact with fellow students and experienced P&G executives to solve the types of business challenges and management issues you would face when working in an international organization like Procter & Gamble.

We don’t communicate many details about the content upfront, as part of the challenge is to cope with the many surprises that you will encounter during the seminar. So, don’t miss this unforgettable global experience!

How to Apply

How to apply & who to contact:
To apply, go to the link in the location below that describes your work eligibility. There you will find the Seminar description, specific Seminar requirements, and the “Apply Now” link or contact information.

Western Europe:
The seminar is open to top students from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Nordic (Sweden, Finland, Denmark & Norway), Portugal, Spain, Switzerland & UK.

If you have any specific question, please contact Pascale De Koninck at dekoninck.pa@pg.com

Apply as a WE candidate

Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa:
The seminar is open to top students from Arabian Peninsula, Balkans, Baltics (Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania), Eastern Europe (Russia & Ukraine), Egypt, CES (Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech & Slovak Republic), Israel, Levant (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Cyprus & Iraq), Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Turkey, West Africa (Nigeria) & South Africa.

If you have any specific question, please contact Sian Plantin at plantin.s@pg.com

Apply as candidate from Balkans

Apply as candidate from Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)

Apply as candidate from Croatia

Apply as candidate from Czech Republic

Apply as candidate from Egypt

Apply as candidate from Hungary

Apply as candidate from Israel

Apply as candidate from Lebanon

Apply as candidate from Morocco

Apply as candidate from Nigeria

Apply as candidate from Poland

Apply as candidate from Russia

Apply as candidate from Saudi Arabia

Apply as candidate from Slovakia

Apply as candidate from Slovenia

Apply as candidate from South Africa

Apply as candidate from UAE

Apply as candidate from Turkey

Apply as candidate from Ukraine

North America (United States):
No slots available.

Latin America:
No slots available

Asia.
No slots available.

Deadline date (for all regions): Friday, February 22nd, 2009

Testimonials

Fun loving professionals" is how I would define the EFS experience in general and P&G in particular. The EFS is a great experience, during which you get to know one of the biggest FMCG company's way of work and get acquainted with people from various cultural backgrounds (when you are partying hard late nights). It truly prepares you for the professional world outside after graduating from university!!
Heena Bahirwani - American University in Dubai, UAE

The EFS was certainly one of the most enriching weeks of my life. It was an excellent experience from a personal point of view because I met great people among the other students and the P&G facilitators. Working in the P&G offices was very interesting, but the time we spent altogether outside of work will remain unforgettable. Also, on the professional side, this seminar really gave me a clear view of what I wanted to do, and the opportunity to discover P&G from the inside. That's to say that I was able to see how interesting and challenging a job can be. So, to sum up, I feel very lucky that I was given the chance to participate in the EFS, and I can't imagine what I would be doing now had I not applied in the first place.
Mathieu Carrez, ESC Lille School of Management, France

At the EFS we were exposed to an intensive real-life case at the P&G European Headquarters. Timely decisions had to be made and presented to senior executives on a regular basis. It was challenging yet incredibly exciting as we anxiously awaited the market reactions to the decisions that were made. This exhilarating experience has broadened my understanding and allowed me to gain valuable exposure to the fast-paced and dynamic financial working world. As a finance student, I have learnt so much that I would have never experienced reading a textbook. Apart from reporting to P&G executives, we got to chat to them in an informal environment and learnt about their experiences and diverse backgrounds. The EFS was not just all about work. I got a chance to visit the landmarks of Switzerland, discover the culture, experience the nightlife and of course… eat lots and lots of chocolates! At the same time, I made many friends from around the world.
Candice Chetty – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

EFS was an unforgettable experience! It was an opportunity to meet people from all the over the world, who all have the same interests as you, and whom you learn to believe in and trust, in only 4 days! We were taken care of from 7am to 1am (and sometimes even continued on our own afterwards) and I have to say that the only thing missing in this seminar was "some sleep". I strongly advise anyone who would be even slightly interested in this program to apply, because, not knowing what to expect, you raise the bar since it is P&G and your expectations are exceeded...by far!
Kim Issa – American University of Beirut