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COURSE OBJECTIVE
On completion of this course, delegates will have a thorough understanding of:
1. Challenges in governance of financial services firms
2. Limitations of current corporate governance models in financial services
3. Weaknesses in governance exposed by the current financial crisis
4. Limitations in existing approaches to internal control
5. Key elements of an effective and sustainable framework for governance, risk management and internal control in financial services firms
6. Where to focus efforts in financial services firms’ risk governance
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The programme will be delivered using a combination of lectures, review of key resource materials, video, interactive seminar approach and group exercises to draw on and develop delegates’ own experiences.
Mr. PETER BONISCH
Peter is one of the UK’s leading advisors on risk governance in financial services and other sectors. He works with boards of directors and senior executives on improving their governance processes around risk and assurance, and on enhancing and protecting corporate reputation.
Peter is a former National Director of Assurance Services for Ernst & Young in New Zealand, where he was also President of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has worked internationally with leading clients on risk management and lectures in the UK on corporate governance.
From 2008 – 2009, he was a partner in the UK’s leading corporate governance advisory firm, and was managing director of a London-based risk and assurance consultancy from 2002 to 2005.
Peter is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute and sits on their Advanced Operational Risk Advisory Panel. He is a regular contributor to debates on governance, risk and control in the UK and Europe.
He is a director of several consulting businesses and works mainly in improving corporate and financial services firms’ performance in governance and risk management.
DAY ONE – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE
Current understanding of corporate governance
The role of the board of directors
Board oversight and the contribution of non-executive directors
The role, focus and limitations of internal control
What firm failure can teach us about corporate governance
Case Study-firm failure at Enron
DAY TWO – THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, GOVERNANCE, RISK AND INTERNAL CONTROL
The financial crisis – causes and progress
Key issues arising
Firm failure
Risk management across the financial services enterprise – the case for enterprise risk management?
Developments in regulation – Solvency II and the international regulatory response (so far) to the financial crisis
Practical steps to take in financial services firms to improve risk governance and risk management
The role of risk committees
Case Study-losses at UBS and the corporate response
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Please contact Training Manager.
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