The Global Standard in Positive Risk Governance
The Certificate in Risk Governance® is awarded to graduates of The Board Members' Course on Risk®. These successful executives are leaders in boardrooms and C-suites on six continents and in dozens of countries. Our emphasis on the positive governance of risk-taking in pursuit of strategic goals, in alignment with corporate purpose, is unlike any other program on risk governance available. That's why current and aspiring board members choose it as the #1 risk program for board members.
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Why is this program so highly regarded? This 17-lesson program features lectures by and practical case study interviews with more than 50 board members, c-suite executives, and leading authors, all recognized as among the best in their field. In addition, dozens of additional key takeaway materials are provided as you progress through the program.
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Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Qualified Risk Director®, Independent Ethics Advisor, Financial Oversight Board for Puerto Rico; Board of Directors, Cyber Future Foundation; Board of Advisors, Crisp, Ethical Intelligence & Greenward Partners; Author, The Reputation Risk Handbook, Gloom to Boom; co-Author, The Artificial Intelligence Imperative. Teaching: Intangible Risks – ESG, Ethics, and Reput
Moorad Choudhry, Ph.D.
Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Board Independent Non-Executive Director, Recognise Bank; Board Non-Executive Director, Loughborough Building Society; Board Independent Non-Executive Director, Hampshire Community Bank; Author, The Principles of Banking; Bank Asset and Liability Management. Teaching: Economic (Risk) Capital Allocation and Value Creation
Carol J. Gray
Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD, Ph.D.
Stephen B. Gruppo
Qualified Risk Director®, Board Member, IFM Investors; Board of Governors, Trent University; Board Member and Chair, Risk Committee, Amex Bank of Canada. Teaching: Compensation Risk Governance
Stephen B. Gruppo
John V. Howard, Jr.
Stephen B. Gruppo
Independent Board Member US Risk Committee, Norinchukin Bank; former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, TIAA; past Board Member and Chair, Risk Committee, Nuveen. Teaching: Credit and Liquidity Risk for Boards
Ramy Houssaini
John V. Howard, Jr.
John V. Howard, Jr.
Chief Cyber and Technology Risk Officer and Group Privacy Officer,
BNP Paribas. Fin Cyber Advisory board member Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Former board member of El Camino Hospital, Teaching: Technology Risk Governance
John V. Howard, Jr.
John V. Howard, Jr.
John V. Howard, Jr.
Past Chair and Commissioner, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission; Crisis Management Expert who served on multiple boards of directors facing restructuring and crisis. Teaching: Environmental Risk Governance
David R. Koenig
Bartley J. Madden
David R. Koenig
Qualified Risk Director®, Founder, the DCRO and the DCRO Institute; Author, Governance Reimagined, The Board Member’s Guide to Risk, co-Founder the Professional Risk Managers International Association, Executive Advisory Board Member, Center for Advancing Corporate Performance. Teaching: Confident Risk-Taking and the Role of a (Qualified) Risk Director and Stakeholder/Social Networks, and Effective Risk Govern
James Lam
Bartley J. Madden
David R. Koenig
Board Member and Chair, Audit Committee, RiskLens; former Board Member and Chair, Risk Committee, E*Trade; Author, Enterprise Risk Management, Implementing Enterprise Risk Management. Teaching: Effective Risk Committees and Enterprise Risk Management
Bartley J. Madden
Bartley J. Madden
Bartley J. Madden
Executive Advisory Board Member, Center for Advancing Corporate Performance, creator of the CFROI valuation framework, his most recent book is Value Creation Principles. Teaching: Knowledge Building, Life-cycle Valuation Framework, and Firm Risk
David X Martin
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Special Counselor, Center for Financial Stability; former Chief Risk Officer, Alliance Bernstein, former Enterprise Risk Manager, Citigroup; Adjunct Professor-NYU Graduate School of Business; Author, The Nature of Risk, Risk and the Smart Investor, and CyRM - Mastering the Management of Cyber Security. Teaching: Cyber Risk Governance
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Qualified Risk Director®, Group Chief Risk Officer, SACYR; former Vice-President, Board Member, and Scientific Committee Chair, European Risk Management Federation (FERMA); co-Founder and Board Member, Spanish Risk Management Association (IGREA); Ph.D. research winner and published author on the human side of risk; CBCI-Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute. Teaching: Business Continuity Planning and Resilience
Amédée Prouvost
Cristina Martínez, Ph.D.
Diane de Saint Victor
Former Chief Operational Risk Officer, The World Bank; President of the Board of Alliance Française of Washington DC; Board Member, Mid-Atlantic Regional Board of UNICEF USA; former Board Member, and current Academic Advisory Board Member, the Global Business School Network. Teaching: Risk Governance and Culture
Diane de Saint Victor
Diane de Saint Victor
Diane de Saint Victor
Board Member, Natixis & Transocean; former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, ABB. Teaching: A Non-Legalistic Approach to Legal and Regulatory Risk
Yvonne Stillhart
Diane de Saint Victor
Yvonne Stillhart
Board Member, Integrated Diagnostics Holdings - IDH, abrdn Investment Trusts, UBS Asset Management Switzerland Ltd., EPE Capital Ltd. Teaching: Investor Risk Governance: Understanding What Investors Want
Michele Wucker
Diane de Saint Victor
Yvonne Stillhart
CEO, Gray Rhino & Company; Author, The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk; 2009 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader; Former adjunct associate professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; Former VP, Studies, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Former president, World Policy Institute. Teaching: Applying Gray Rhino Theory in Risk Governance
Ken Akoundi, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, Cordatius, LLC. Subject: Data Governance: Validating Integrity, Visualization, and Usage in Business Decisions at Pension Funds
Meghan Anzelc, Ph.D., Data Analytics Executive, Subject: Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, and the Role of the Board
Sanjai Bhagat, Ph.D., Board Member, ProLink Solutions; Provost Professor of Finance, University of Colorado Boulder. Subject: Two views: Shareholders vs. Stakeholders - The Role of Corporate Directors
Kevin Brock, Board Member, Dell EMC Federal; Senior Fellow for Cyber Security Strategy, Center for Financial Stability. Subject: Three Critical Aspects of Cyber Risk Governance for Boards
Laurie Brooks, Board Member, Chair Risk Committee, Provident Financial Services. Subject: The Role and Value of Qualified Risk Directors™
Martha Cummings, Board Member; Global Risk Professional, Subject: Perspectives from both sides – a regulator and a banker
Todd Davies, Chair, Audit & Risk Committee, NSW Department of Education; Chair, Risk, Audit, and Performance Committee, SA Health. Subjects: The Role and Value of Qualified Risk Directors™ and Perspectives on Effective Risk Committee Work Across Sectors
Peter Deans, Former Chief Risk Officer, Founder and Creator, 52 Risks. Subject: Board Consideration of Disruptive Risks
Peter Eisenhardt, Secretary General, International Council of Securities Associations. Subject: Capital Market Access, Choices, and Relationships
Azish Filabi, Executive Director, Maguire Center for Ethics. Subject: Ethical Systems, Ethical Cultures, and Boards of Directors
Jacek Fotek, Board Member and Financial Services Professional. Subject: Changing Investor Expectations
Annalisa Gigante, Board Member, Henry Royce Institute; Board Member, Cambridge Enterprise. Subjects: Innovation and Technology Risk and Innovation and Environmental Risk
C. Kim Goodwin, Board Member, TJX Companies; Board Member, Chair Risk Committee, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico; Board Member, PineBridge Investments. Subjects: The Role and Value of Qualified Risk Directors™ and Guiding a Successful Board Risk Committee
Sergio Guzman, Board Member, iF Chile; Board Member, Empresas La Polar S.A.; Founder and partner of tomate® Corporate Governance. Subject: The Role and Value of Qualified Risk Directors™
Darlene Halwas, Board Member and Chair, Audit Committee, Commission for Complaints for Telcom-Television Services, Board Member, Alberta WaterPortal Society. Subject: Structural Differences in ERM at Financial and non-Financial Corporations
Angela Hoon, VP, Internal Audit and Risk, Advance Auto Parts. Subject: Using a “risk lens” approach to engage risk at a non-financial services company
Aurele Houngbedji, Ph.D., Financial, Capital, and Climate Risk Management, IFC. Subject: Implications of Climate-related and Environmental Risks for the Organization
John Howard, former Board Member, General Growth Properties. Subject: General Growth Properties Liquidity Event and Reorganization Case Study
Sean Lyons, Author, Corporate Defense and the Value Preservation Imperative. Subject: Corporate Defense and Value Preservation
Gunnar Newquist, Ph.D., AI Thought Leader, Autonomous robots/vehicles, Molecular and Neuroscience. Subject: The State of AI Today and in the Future with Data in Context
Henrik Niels Olsen, Head of Business Continuity Management, Equinor. Subject: Successful Planning and Engagement – Boards and Business Continuity
Marcus Peacock, Chief Operating Officer, The Business Roundtable; Board Member, Girl Scouts of the USA. Subject: The Business Roundtable Perspective on Purpose and Value Creation
Ivan Pooran, Head of Operational Risk, Guardian Life. Subject: The Role of Culture in Governing Operational Risk
Diane de Saint Victor, Board Member, Natixis & Transocean; former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, ABB. Subject: Stakeholders and Board Governance
Anne Simpson, Director, Board Governance and Strategy – Executive Office, CalPERS. Subject: A Pension Fiduciary’s Expectations from Portfolio Company Boards
Raj Singh, Board Member, AIB; former Chairman, Standard Life Investments. Subjects: Effective Risk Committees and Risk Capital Allocation in Practice
Melanie Steiner, JD, LL.M, Board Member, US Ecology. Subject: Intangible Risk as Essential Risk for the Board Agenda
Ted White, Managing Director, Legion Partners Asset Management. Subject: Compensation Best Practices from a Capital Provider’s Perspective
Bill Yeargin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Correct Craft, Inc.. Subject:
Charge of the Gray Rhinos: Perspectives from a Global CEO