MSc International Finance Director 
Tarek Amyuni is the program director of two SKEMA Masters: the Master of Science in International Finance and the Mastère Spécialisé in Financial Engineering and Technology (Finance de Marchés Innovations et Technologies). He teaches International Risk Management as well as Fixed Income Management in the Grande Ecole and graduate programs and is a faculty member of the SKEMA center of expertise, Glob@lfinance. He joined the SKEMA faculty in 1999 after a career in international finance with NY-based Merril Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith where he managed fixed income and equity portfolios. He received an MBA in International Finance from Thunderbird University in Glendale, Arizona.
Program Outline
The MSc in International Finance is a market-driven finance program that closely reflects the constantly changing world of international finance. The teaching and curriculum use a practical approach.
The program educates students in a personalized academic environment for success in finance business by giving the student practical expertise in the key fields in this area, including Risk Management, Corporate Finance, or Derivatives and Trading. Secondly, it teaches these professional skills within a global macro-economic and financial environment, with market-oriented courses in computer programming such as VBA. Availability of Reuters terminals with existing live quotes from different exchanges allows the students to complete course material with live market experience.
The ultimate aim of the program is to enable students to realize their potential in their future careers by: giving students regular access to experienced financial specialists who strive for a delicate balance between the importance of strong academic skills and practical market experience; improving and broadening the career prospects of participating students by providing them with training in financial risk management and a good grasp of current issues in international finance; offering a vehicle for career change for those participants who may be working or studying outside the field of finance.
Why Choose This Program?
Small, international classes mean students build fruitful inter-cultural relationships with one another and their teachers. Classes are taught by professors who have both strong academic backgrounds and expert professional experience in finance. This unique combination provides students with: an up to the minute insider’s perspective of the changing financial arena, how these changes play out, and how to react in the day-to-day world of work.
The teaching emphasizes a hands-on, problem-solving approach that means graduates can work productively from Day One on the job. Graduates can be sure of future career mobility because the International Finance MSc strikes the right balance between technical skills and a global perspective.
The program is developed constantly to ensure its relevance to shifting global financial markets. Classes are also complemented by various conferences given by full time, high-caliber professionals from public and private institutions in the global capital markets.
Throughout the year, students develop professional contacts, get access to information from various resources, and learn from each other. Indeed, one of the strongest assets of this program is the opportunity for cross cultural interactions and learning. The highly international make up of classes will make it possible for students to create a wide network of friends and colleagues.
Your Future Career
The on-going development of the MSc in International Finance guarantees its relevance and ensures that students are professionally operational by the end of the year.
The range of the MSc IF program provides highly motivated students and young professionals with opportunities to pursue careers in a wide variety of corporate and market finance fields. Whilst having a strong disciplinary base in International Capital Markets, its scope is such that graduates will be able to work with specialists in wider areas and take on jobs as brokers, traders, risk managers and in sales as well as other financial markets-related activities.
It is expected that upon completion of the program, students will have the education and training to work in a variety of organizations including: commercial and investment banks, financial advisory companies, economic research think tanks, official financial institutions, securities houses and MNCs.
The roles that graduates of the program would be expected to play are essentially strategic, analytical and planning with strong financial technical skills essential to the job.
Recent graduates have been recruited by leading financial institutions and multinational corporations such as Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thales, Novartis, Philips, Banque Européene d’Investissement, HSBC, KFW / DEG.