Effective Risk Management Oversight for Board Members & Executives

"Good relevant material and delivery by course director" Managing Director and CEO, Midwestern Oil & Gas Company Plc "Topical, enaging and timely course. Excellent course leader" Non-Executive Director, FirstBank of Nigeria In this 3 Day Course Participants are Shown: The intended role of directors and senior executives in overseeing, understanding and leveraging risk management The envisaged role of directors in light of the Walker Report, OECD reports, The Turner Review and other commentaries How to establish executive risk management committees How to establish a risk profile and risk appetite The purpose, process and function of the core risk areas: credit, market and operational How to understand these risk exposures in relation to the company’s overall core business operations How information from these functions should be reported and technological and IT considerations Primary questions to ask of risk management heads during the oversight process How and when to form a risk committee How the risk committee should be structured and function in relation to other committees, particularly the audit committee Risk management within the context of major initiatives (e.g., Basel III and its Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) Who Should Attend? Chief executive officers Chief operational officers Chief risk officers Chief financial officers Heads of Risk management Heads of IT and other primary functions Board members Fund managers Investor representatives Course pre-requisites: Experience in a executive management, director or shareholder representative position
Day 1 Overview What risk management is meant to do for the institution -Goals and objectives -Tools and devices How risk management is meant to work -How risk events are meant to be reported -How losses and exposures are meant to be addressed The role of executives and board members -Risk management oversight -Forecasts of future problems and opportunities -How risk management can be used in strategy Benchmarking your institution’s risk management effectiveness and quality to that of competitors Important terminology (in relation to risk management methods, derivatives, market instruments and their function) Important initiatives (Basel III, CAD II, Solvency II) -How to undertake compliance with initiatives ICAAP for executives -Benchmark examples -UK FSA guidelines -Examples from various regulators -Exploration of important contents Executive Summary Capital Adequacy determination Capital Planning Use of the ICAAP -How the ICAAP should be implemented and used at the board level Day 2 Understanding Credit Risk Formation of an executive credit committee Formation of a credit policy and credit risk assessment manual Defining credit risk Defining credit losses Structuring the risk management apparatus Structuring reporting: How credit losses should be conveyed to senior management and the board or directors Benchmarking practices: How credit losses should be managed in the context of best-practice Gathering an understanding of the institution’s risk profile Tools for assessing credit exposure -What is meant by “scoring” -Scoring methods—discussed and demystified -What is meant by rating -How ratings are related to the institution’s Tools for credit monitoring -Establishing the monitoring function -Evaluating the monitoring function Costly initiatives that must be considered -Data quality and database development -Information technology considerations -Personnel and human resource considerations -Accounting and capital adequacy considerations -Governance considerations Credit model testing and stress testing: What executives and board members need to know in interpreting and using the results Deciding how much in terms of resources to dedicate to credit risk management Glossary of important credit terms Day 3 Understanding Operational Risk Unfinished discussion of Understanding Credit Risk from Day 2 Defining Operational Risk Understanding operational risk importance How items excluded from the operational risk definition affect executive decision-making Formation of an executive operational risk committee Creation of an operational risk policy and management manual Additional terminology Regulatory initiatives (Basel II, Standardized and Advanced Measurement Approaches) Establishing an executive risk tolerance level for operational risk exposure Gathering the tools for operational risk management -Data considerations -Personnel considerations -Information technology considerations -Governance considerations Deciding what operational risk approaches to take Deciding how much in terms of resources to dedicate to operational risk management Defining Market Risk Formation of an executive market risk committee Creation of a market risk policy and management manual Additional terminology Market conditions and the market risk strategy Gathering tools for market risk management -Data considerations -Personnel considerations -Information technology considerations -Governance considerations Deciding what market risk approaches are appropriate for the institution Integrating Risk Management Unfinished discussion from Understanding Operational Risk and Market Risk Structuring the institution’s risk management to be integrated -Data considerations -Personnel considerations -Governance considerations -Information technology considerations Desirable platforms for summarizing overall credit, operational and market risk exposure for executives and board members -Risk-based pricing and assessment methods -Heat mapping -Graphing and diagramming Regulatory and investor reporting Summary and conclusions