• Instructor-Led Courses
• Online Courses
• In-House Training
• FAQ & Customer Service
• Articles & tips

• Back Office Management Workshop
• Anti-Money Laundering for Banks
• International Bank Compliance
• Business Continuity & Scenario Planning for Banks & Financial Institutions
• Managing Risk in Electronic Banking: Taming the Electronic Tiger
• Reducing Risk in Foreign Exchange Settlements
• Bank Internal Audit School
• Advanced Operational Risk Management
• Risk Management School
• Risk Management and Basel II: Best Practices

---

---

Operational Risk Management: Basel II Compliance Training Course

This course gives you knowledge to review, benchmark and refine operational risk plans and offer you suggested approaches to the problems that an institution will face in meeting these demanding requirements.

How to be compliant for Basel II

This four day programme will provide you with the knowledge you need to review, benchmark and refine operational risk plans within your organisation.

The course focuses on both qualitative and quantitative techniques, offering integrated solutions for operational risk and suggesting approaches to the problems that an institution will face in meeting these demanding requirements.

Learning objectives

• How to meet the expectations of the Basel Accord
• The role of risk appetite in driving operational risk management
• Establishing and using an internal loss database
• Use of external loss data
• Development and use of both stress testing and scenario analysis
• Development and use of key risk indicators
• Consideration and use of control and risk self assessment
• How should outsourcing be integrated into this project?
• Review of available market solutions
• How will the charge be calculated

Have a question? Email us at: or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393

Course agenda highlights

• Objectives of the Basel Accord
• Outsourcing and Operational Risk
• Risk Appettite
• The Risk Register
• Internal Loss Data
• Business Continuity Planning
• External Loss Data and Scenario Assessment
• Business Process Modelling
• Control and Risk Self-Assessment
• The Role of Senior Management and the Structure of the Department
• Key Risk Indicators
• Stress Testing
• Other Key Issues
• The IT Solutions Available
• Building It All Together

What did delegates say about the most recent course?

Who should attend this Operational Risk Management training course?

• Heads of Risk
• Risk Managers
• Heads of Audit
• Audit managers
• Heads of Compliance
• Project managers
• Business heads
• Risk management professionals
• Any professional who needs to know how operational risks affect their
  organisation

This is an intermediate/advanced level course, for a basic to intermediate level course, please see our Basel II & Risk Management training course.

Back to Top

Have a question? Email us at: or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393

What do you get from Ethan Hathaway courses?

• Practical. Learn from experienced and active industry practitioners and what's being practiced by your peers.
• Applicable. Apply what you learn in your job and your career
• Specially designed courses by industry active experts for industry practitioners
• Valuable. Earn more revenue or save your organisation from monetary loss. You and your organisation will quickly earn back your investment on the course fee and more
• Enjoyable. Speakers who have a passion for their topic
• Clear. Turning complex concepts into easy to understand concepts
• You gain knowledge and skills that make you valuable to your company and your career
• Instruction by industry experts
• Course notes and reference materials package
• Daily lunch, snacks and refreshments
• Certificate of completion
• Meeting your industry peers
• Ask questions relevant to your job
• Limited seats - each session is limited to between 18-25 seats
• Much, much more
• Download the course brochure to learn more

Your course instructor

Dennis Cox: Dennis Cox is CEO of a Strategy and Risk Consultancy for the financial services industry, as well as being a director of a number of other companies. He was formerly Director, Risk Management at HSBC Operational Risk Consultancy and Global Risk Director at Prudential Portfolio Managers Limited, having spent 12 years in practice with Arthur Young and BDO Binder Hamlyn. Among a range of external interests he is a senior Council member of the ICAEW, a member of the Professional Standards Board, Chairman of the Financial Planning Committee of the London Society and a member of the Money Laundering Committee; together with being the Chairman of the Risk Forum for the Securities and Investments Institute. He also represents the public interest in the regulation of the Institute of Actuaries for financial service matters.

Peter Hughes: Peter is a Chartered Accountant. He lectures on internal audit and risk management.

Peter is a former bank executive having spent more than 25 years internationally with JPMorgan Chase. For 10 years he was assigned to Brazil where he was on the Group Board of Banco Chase Manhattan SA and held the positions of Chief Auditor, Group Operations Executive and Senior Financial Officer.

Subsequent to his Brazilian assignment he went on occupy a number of areas and country executive positions in Europe encompassing operations, finance and risk management. In the latter stages of his career with JPMorgan Chase, before joining Risk Reward Limited, he was the Head of Risk Management ? Global Shared Technology & Operations and it was during this time that he specialised in Basel II and operational risk management.

For many years he represented JPMorgan Chase on the British Bankers? Association?s Operational Risk Advisory Panel and in 2007 he was a faculty member of the International Banking Summer School.

He is the author of numerous articles and practice papers on operations performance and operational risk management systems including ?Operational Risk: The Direct Measurement of Exposure and Risk in Bank Operations? published in the inaugural edition of the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and was featured in the book ?Operational Risk ? Practical Approaches to Implementation? published by Incisive Media. In conjunction with Emeritus Professor Allan D. Grody he has recently contributed a chapter to the book ?Risk Management in Finance: Six Sigma and Other Next Generation Techniques? soon to be published by Wiley Finance.

Peter advises and lectures on a variety of Audit and Risk management topics including recent assignments in Johannesburg (ICAAP), Abu Dhabi, Doha and Manila.

Back to Top

Dates & Locations & Fees

Date	Location	Venue	Course Fee	Early Bird Fee	Register
12 Apr - 15 Apr, 2010	London, UK	TBA	£3097	See Brochure
12 Jul - 15 Jul, 2010	SG, Singapore	Marina Mandarin Hotel	US$5098	See Brochure
19 Oct - 22 Oct, 2010	London, UK	TBA	£3097	See Brochure
22 Nov - 25 Nov, 2010	HK, Hong Kong	Marco Polo Prince Hotel	US$5098	See Brochure

Early Birds Save Up To 30% Off the Regular Fee, download the brochure to learn more

Limited seats - Email us: for availability.

* Venue, dates, course fees, promotions, course content, course instructor are all subject to change

Can't find a session in a city near you?

If there's no session scheduled in a city near you, you have the following options:

• In-house training: If you have a group of 8 or more, consider having us run this course in-house for you
• Co-sponsored training: Between 5-7 people, consider a co-sponsored course - you agree to send this set number of people to the course if we run it in a city near you and Ethan Hathaway sells the remaining seats to other companies
• Distance learning: Less than 5 people, consider distance training format: live trainer presents over phone lines/web at pre-scheduled times (available only for select courses)
• Just tell us where you want the course: Let us know which city you'd like us to run this course in - we'll plan it if there's enough demand

Email us at: for more information regarding the above options.

Register for the course

You may book your place on the course by any of these methods:

1. Online booking - simply click on the "Register Me" button next to the course date you wish to register and it will take you through our quick online registration procedure.
2. Email us at: - please include your full contact details.
3. Fax us the booking form (included in the brochure) to: +852 3014-0721
4. Or call: +852 2273-4393 during normal office hours

Back to Top

Related Courses

• Back Office Management Workshop
• Anti-Money Laundering for Banks
• International Bank Compliance
• Business Continuity & Scenario Planning for Banks & Financial Institutions
• Managing Risk in Electronic Banking: Taming the Electronic Tiger
• Reducing Risk in Foreign Exchange Settlements
• Bank Internal Audit School
• Advanced Operational Risk Management
• Risk Management School
• Risk Management and Basel II: Best Practices

Back to Top

Learn more about this course

Back to Top