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Risk Academy.

7 tracks from Foundation to Executive — each with an entry assessment, modules, learning outcomes, a practical exercise and an exit credential on the Risk Excellence™ ladder.

TrackFoundation~4 weeks

Risk Fundamentals

New risk staff, managers, SME owners

Modules
  • Risk concepts & taxonomy
  • The risk management cycle
  • Registers, heat maps & KRIs
  • Roles & three lines
Learning outcomes
  • Define and classify risk
  • Build a working risk register
  • Score and prioritise risks

Practical exercise · Build your first risk register from a template

Related resources · Risk Glossary · Enterprise Risk Register · Risk Heat Map

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Practitioner (Level 1)

Start with the fundamentalsView credential
TrackIntermediate~6 weeks

Enterprise Risk Management

Risk managers, CROs, CFOs

Modules
  • The ERM operating model
  • Risk appetite & tolerance
  • Integration with strategy
  • KRIs & reporting
Learning outcomes
  • Stand up the eight-domain ERM system
  • Design appetite and limits
  • Build a board risk report

Practical exercise · Design an appetite statement for your organisation

Related resources · ERM Toolkit · Risk Appetite Statement · KRI Library

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Professional (Level 2)

Master enterprise riskView credential
TrackIntermediate~4 weeks

Risk Governance

Boards, audit committees, CROs

Modules
  • Three lines of defence
  • Committees & charters
  • Delegation & escalation
  • Assurance mapping
Learning outcomes
  • Delineate the three lines
  • Draft a committee charter
  • Build an assurance map

Practical exercise · Map assurance across your top risks

Related resources · Risk Committee Charter · Three Lines Model · Governance RACI

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Professional (Level 2)

Strengthen risk governanceView credential
TrackIntermediate/Advanced~6 weeks

Financial Risk

CFOs, treasurers, FI risk teams

Modules
  • Liquidity & funding risk
  • Credit & concentration risk
  • Market & FX risk
  • Stress testing
Learning outcomes
  • Build a liquidity buffer policy
  • Set credit limits
  • Design a market-risk limit framework

Practical exercise · Run a liquidity stress test

Related resources · Liquidity Risk Policy · Credit Policy · Market Risk Limit Framework

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Advanced (Level 3)

Master financial riskView credential
TrackIntermediate~5 weeks

Operational Risk

Operational-risk teams, COOs

Modules
  • Taxonomy & RCSA
  • Loss-event data
  • Operational KRIs
  • Control testing
Learning outcomes
  • Run an RCSA
  • Capture and analyse loss events
  • Design operational KRIs

Practical exercise · Complete an RCSA for one process

Related resources · Operational Risk Register · Loss Event Register · RCSA Template

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Professional (Level 2)

Build operational-risk capabilityView credential
TrackIntermediate/Advanced~5 weeks

Cyber Risk

CISOs, IT, risk teams

Modules
  • Cyber governance & controls
  • Detection & monitoring
  • Incident response
  • Resilience & recovery
Learning outcomes
  • Build a cyber control scorecard
  • Draft an incident-response playbook
  • Test recovery

Practical exercise · Draft an incident-response playbook

Related resources · Cyber Risk Register · Incident Response Playbook · Cyber Scorecard

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Advanced (Level 3)

Build cyber resilienceView credential
TrackExecutive~3 weeks

Board Risk Oversight

Boards, NEDs, executives

Modules
  • The board's risk mandate
  • Reading the risk profile
  • Appetite & KRI oversight
  • Crisis & resilience oversight
Learning outcomes
  • Critique a board risk report
  • Review appetite vs profile
  • Run a crisis tabletop

Practical exercise · Evaluate your board's risk pack against best practice

Related resources · Board Risk Charter · Risk Reporting Pack · Quarterly Risk Report

Exit credential · Risk Excellence Executive (Level 4)

Lead risk from the boardView credential

Enterprise Risk Management · knowledge graph

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Risk Governance · knowledge graph

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Financial Risk · knowledge graph

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Operational Risk · knowledge graph

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Cyber Risk · knowledge graph

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