Risk Excellence Certification™
Applied, board-ready credential proven by running Outliers frameworks on a real organisation.
Certify an individual's ability to build, govern and lead risk management that protects and creates value.
Risk Excellence Practitioner
Standard · 60-69%
Risk Excellence Professional
Standard · 70-79%
Risk Excellence Advanced
Standard · 80-89%
Risk Excellence Executive
Standard · 90-94%
Risk Excellence Fellow
Standard · 95%+ + contribution
- Enterprise risk management & governance20%
- Risk appetite & quantification15%
- Operational & financial risk15%
- Cyber, technology & AI risk12%
- Fraud & compliance risk10%
- Business continuity & crisis10%
- Strategic, emerging & ESG risk10%
- Board oversight & risk culture8%
Knowledge assessment (50%) + applied project (50%)
Practical project (Professional+)From Professional level, run an Outliers assessment on a real organisation and deliver an artefact with a maturity score and roadmap
RenewalEvery two years via CPD credits plus re-assessment
Diagnose
Complete the Enterprise Risk Maturity Assessment™ as the gating diagnostic.
Learn
Work through Risk Academy tracks aligned to your target level.
Apply
Run an Outliers assessment on a real organisation and submit the artefact (Professional+).
Certify
Knowledge assessment (50%) + applied project (50%); renew every two years.
- Board-ready credential
- Immediately usable applied skills
- Clear progression to Fellow
- Alumni faculty network
- Demonstrable team capability
- Consistent frameworks & language
- Stronger assurance & board confidence
- Pipeline of certified risk leaders
Related across the Risk Centre
Enterprise Risk Management Framework™
ISO 31000 + COSO ERM applied to Nigerian operating reality.
Risk Governance Framework™
Three-lines model and board oversight that boards actually use.
Board Risk Oversight Framework™
Risk oversight a board can actually exercise.
Enterprise Risk Maturity Assessment™
Measure overall ERM maturity across the enterprise.
Risk Governance Assessment™
Evaluate governance and the three-lines model.
Board Risk Oversight Assessment™
Assess board and committee oversight effectiveness.
Outliers Risk Advisory
Senior risk advisory across the Outliers framework set.
Across the ecosystem
Knowledge graph · 22 relations