Global Risk Oversight: Appetite, Controls, Assurance, Operational Resilience and Cyber Governance

Description

This module examines the evolving expectations of boards in overseeing enterprise-wide risk across jurisdictions, with a focus on risk appetite-setting, control frameworks and assurance models. It explores operational resilience requirements, cyber governance responsibilities and the integration of risk, compliance and audit perspectives. Directors will gain practical tools to challenge effectively, interpret risk information and ensure that global operations remain robust, well-controlled and strategically aligned.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and forms part of the Advanced Certificate in Directorship Programme, delivered by Chris Usher.

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content

  • Setting and monitoring risk appetite across multi-jurisdictional operations

  • Board oversight of control frameworks, risk registers and assurance lines

  • Operational resilience standards and cross-border continuity expectations

  • Board responsibilities for cyber governance, breaches and emerging threats

  • Integrating reporting: using risk data for informed board decisions

 

Presenter

Jo French

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo French 

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty. 

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the  November 2021 exams. 

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.

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