Executive ERM Program (EEP): Risk Management Leadership in Organizations

In today’s global and volatile world, ERM – Enterprise Risk Management has evolved from an innovative concept to a global best-practice standard for the effective Management of Risks in Organizations. Beyond mere compliance to regulatory requirements, effective risk management has become a business imperative for boards and senior management under the combined pressures of industry regulators, rating agencies, customers and other stakeholders looking to ensure a higher level of effectiveness in the management of the risks that an organization faces.

Hence the essential purpose of the EEP is to provide business leaders with the latest knowledge and tools necessary to ensure proper risk governance in their organizations and to use ERM to increase the reliability of operations, build resilience to crisis, and to be a basis for effective risk-taking, innovation and change creating the solid foundations for sustainable and profitable performance.

Key Learning Objectives of the EEP

• Objective 1: An integrated, cross-disciplinary understanding (from Strategy, Finance to Psychology) of the key corporate governance, risk & crisis management concepts, issues, methodologies, tools and best practices
• Objective 2: A practical overview of the key curent and emerging risks/Opportunities issues in today’s global economic, social, regulatory and cultural context
• Objective 3: The understanding on how to build the business case for enterprise risk management for your organisation and to drive successfully the design and implementation of ERM within your organisational systems and culture
• Objective 4: The understanding on how to customize ERM to align effectively with the Business Model of your organization to increase the reliability of operations, build resilience, foster innovation and promote ‘shared value’ creation

Programme Structure & Curriculum

The program consists of 2 executive seminars and provides a comprehensive and structured overview covering the role and responsibilities of the senior leadership in managing the risks that an organization faces in today’s global and volatile environment:

Each seminar consists of intensive 1-day/7hours of contact hours.

The EEP seminars provide an essential perspective on today critical corporate governance, risk and crisis management issues

Modules Outline

EEP1 - Corporate Strategy & Governance with ERM
Building a Business Model that Align Risk Apetite & Risk Tolerance Supported by Strong Governance for Breakthrough Performance

This thought provoking seminar will help participants understand why reputable organizations that were supposed to be ‘leading the way’ in terms of risk management systems, tools and practices have failed repeatedly in correctly appreciating and dealing with the risks they were facing. Why they took ‘willingly’ much more risks than was tolerable for their organization and why the risk management system in place where not effective in preventing them to do so. This seminar will guide participants through a comprehensive framework on how to strengthen corporate governance by promoting transparency, accountability and effectiveness in management practices and how to use ERM is not just a defensive undertaking but as an offensive strategy that can yield tremendous potential competitive advantage through an integrated, enterprise-wide perspective on the risk profile aligned with the business model to define effectively the risk appetite and risk tolerance of an organisation.

EEP2 - Corporate Performance & Sustainability with ERM
Unlock the True Value-Creation Capabilities of Your Organization through Risk-Based Performance Management Systems & Lead Continuous Corporate Renewal with ERM

This thought provoking and practical seminar highlights the importance of ERM in building the organisational capability for sustainable and profitable growth through risk management sytems and a risk-aware culture that support information sharing, continuous learning and business renewal. This seminar will help participants to understand how to promote & reward real performance in their organizations by developing effective Risk-adjusted performance management systems by linking clearly and unambiguously results and decision-making processes considering all the relevant risks involved. It will also give participants an insight into the various ERM change methodologies and models to deal with all kind of changes and crises.