Mid-Senior

level

Duration

5 days

Price

£6,450

Location

South Kensington Campus

Who should attend

  • 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.

Application Process