The Imperial Risk Management programme blends the latest quantitative research and the practice of intelligent risk management strategies to expand your understanding and managerial capabilities.
The programme convenes a breadth of executives from diverse geographies, industries, sectors, and functions, including:
Finance managers aiming to refine their understanding of risk regulation and practice.
Risk/portfolio managers seeking to optimise capital allocation across multiple investments.
Consultants aspiring to broaden their expertise in risk management techniques and tools.
Managers and senior managers responsible for setting and implementing strategic direction within their organisations.
Leaders responsible for risk, resilience, business continuity, or crisis management looking to elevate their strategic thinking on resilience to a more advanced level.
Entrepreneurs who need to manage the risks associated with establishing and growing their business.
Learning objectives
During the on-campus week, you will engage with industry experts and discover how to view risk management decisions, projects, or investments as a portfolio of risks.
You will learn how to build a risk department from scratch from the Chief Risk Officer of a $20 billion asset management firm and interact with an experienced insurance executive around the principles of risk management in insurance markets.
You will come away with an appreciation of how a deeper understanding of risk can significantly improve financial judgement and foresight, empowering you to make informed decisions in various contexts.
You will emerge from the programme with the understanding and the refreshed capabilities to:
Explore recent trends in risk management in both corporate and financial sectors by analysing industry developments and emerging practices.
Identify and mitigate individual behavioural and organisational biases to implement optimal risk management strategies effectively.
Assess risk management practices and frameworks and apply them to real-world industry contexts.
Master basic probability rules, measures of tail risk, and apply linear regression models to create a level playing field in statistical knowledge and tools necessary for effective risk management.
Analyse innovation in risk management practices arising from paradigm shifts in insurance, asset management, and global banking.
Explore the role of corporate governance and its link to risk.
Discover how to manage risk in complex and derivative portfolios, and the strategies and techniques to manage exotic risks such as climate change risks.