Embrace an enhanced and structured ERM platform through cutting-edge risk management tools to drive organisational excellence. Simon Franklin

1. Mastering Enterprise Risk Management
Embrace an enhanced and structured ERM platform through cutting-edge risk management
tools to drive organisational excellence
The Hilton, Singapore “Risk comes from not
knowing what you're doing”
16th & 17th March 2006 Warren Buffet
Are you on board with enterprise risk management? You had
better be. It's the future of how businesses will be run
Facilitated by international Benefits of attending include:
consultant: • Learn from an experienced, approachable workshop leader
Simon Franklin Director of Risk Management • Understand better practice risk management models and structures
SSAMM Management Consulting
• Clarify the risk assessment techniques
marcus evans training courses are thoroughly researched • Understand how to make your investment in ERM more worthwhile
and structured to provide intense and intimate practical
• Gain an awareness of risk management software solutions
training applicable to your organisation.
• Provide you with the confidence to select and implement a software
Benefits include: solution
• Combinations of educational presentations, productive
in-session assignments and participant collaboration to
provide actionable learning So what value does an organisation get from
• Strictly limited numbers to allow for greater interaction having an effective ERM framework
and one-on-one interaction with the trainer
• In business, higher risks offer higher returns - vice versa - high returns
• Detailed pre-course questionnaires to allow you to tailor
contained high risks. By implementing ERM, you can efficiently manage
the programme to address your individual concerns
an increasing number of risks while optimising returns.
• Hard and soft copies of presentation materials and tools
• Interactive round-table discussions • ERM also helps to enhance your decision-making process and your
organisation's strategic direction so you will be able to allocate your
• Diverse real life case examples
resources and prioritise your key initiatives. Risk management is also a
baseline to measure performance.
Testimonials:
• ERM increases the effectiveness of your business processes, helps create
“Greatly presented, practical sessions made it so much easier a risk management discipline and enables your organisation to manage
to understand.”
greater risks effectively.
BP Asia Pacific
“Good presenter, liberal answers. Straight to the point
approach.”
BP Asia Pacific
“Good job by the presenter,”
Petronas Carigali
“..the practical and enlightening approach by the speaker was
great. His willingness to share above and beyond needs to be
commended. Great experience gained from the presentation”
Public Bank
“The interaction based environment that was created by Simon
was a great way to enhance learning”
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2. Day 1
Thursday 16th March 2006
The need for enterprise risk management is gaining importance as
About your course facilitator
companies face renewed focus on regulation and governance. While
Simon Franklin is an accomplished consultant with over 12
organisations are now aware of the various risks that confront them,
years experience in Risk Management, Corporate Governance,
managing and integrating them in an enterprise framework is
Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery. He is a Fellow
critical. The key to implementing a successful ERM framework is to
of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia, a regular public
recognise that ERM is an ongoing journey and to identify where you
speaker and has a Masters degree in Risk Management to support
are on your journey and where you want to be as you embrace the
his wealth of practical experience.
challenges and reap the rewards of instilling sound ERM practices.
Simon has conducted a variety of consulting assignments in
How do companies approach the risk management function? How Europe, Australia and Asia. He has assisted organisations to review
do they control risk? Are their trends emerging? Can every and improve the way in which they handle risk management
organisation follow a standard risk management process? issues from both operational and strategic perspectives. He has
also provided trainings for clients from very diverse backgrounds
Session One such as oil & gas, banking & finance, mobile & fixed telecoms,
shipping, construction and manufacturing. He has developed and
Risk management refresher
implemented a large number of risk management strategies along
• Introduction to the risk management process – Using better with their associated policies; procedures and technologies that
practice guidelines and standards enable organisations achieve a set of common governance and
• Applications of risk management – Business, organisational, compliance objectives.
technical
• Core risks identification – The risks you really should know about Most recently, Simon has been engaged by a number of Australia's
to help you sleep at night largest financial services and banking institutions and to prepare
• Risk assessment – Once identified we must assess risks and then for compliance with the Basel II Accord, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
make decisions other financial services reform requirements. These challenging
and time-critical assignments have also included full design and
implementation of risk management software tools to support and
Session Two enhance the management of enterprise risk well into the future.
Risk management structures & frameworks
Using real life examples, this session will provide insight into how risk Simon is a leading expert in the selection and implementation of a
management is structured in different organisations and introduce wide variety of risk management software tools having evaluated
the overarching framework for ERM over 20 of the currently available tools and vendors.
• Corporate governance and responsibility – Strategies for obtaining
compliance and remaining compliant in changing circumstances Previous clients include:
• Governance and framework – How the elements of risk • Westpac Banking Corporation
management fit together • Investa Property Group
• Core elements of risk management in a dynamically changing • BT Financial Group
environment – Flexibility to adapt your risk strategies, knowing if • MLC Limited
you are successful • Tower Australia Limited
• AIA & AIG
Session Three • GIO Suncorp
Risk management models • Vodafone Australia
This session will introduce the variety of models available for risk • Cambridge Insurance
management and compliance. There are both benefits and risks in • Chubb Insurance
changing organisational and management structures which will be • IAG (NRMA) Insurance
highlighted to assist with your decision making.
• RACQ Insurance
• Centralised Vs Decentralised – Which model is right for you?
• Bridges Financial Services
• Emerging trends – What are the emerging trends? Is there a best
• NIB Health Funds AMP Pearl
practice model?
• Landcom
• Change management – What is involved in adopting a new
model? • Lloyds TSB
• Streamlining – Can we improve performance with less resources? • HypoVereinsbank
Session Four
Risk assessment techniques
There are a variety of techniques used for assessing risks. This session Workshop schedule
will introduce the concepts and explain how a mixture of these 08:30 Registration and coffee
approaches is emerging as best practice. 09:00 Workshop commences
• Control self assessment – Can this method be relied upon? What 10:30 Morning refreshments and networking break
are the challenges of using this approach? 11:00 Workshop re-commences
• Is audit enough? – What other approaches are available? What is 12:45 Luncheon
the scope of audit? Do we understand a risk-based approach?
13:45 Workshop commences
• Evidence based approach – If asked by management or an external
party would you be able to produce the evidence of good risk 15:00 Afternoon refreshments
management? What is required? 15:20 Workshop re-commences
• Compliance monitoring – Ongoing monitoring of controls and 17:00 Workshop concludes
obligations to maintain compliance

3. Register Now
Day 2 Contact Marketing at marcus evans
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Now that we have established the need for accuracy, consistency Session Four
and quality risk management methods and frameworks, the question Risk management software maintenance & update
is what next? Day two will focus on the evolution of risk • Training & awareness – Who are the users? How can you ensure a
management and what the future holds in terms of automated high degree of adoption?
systems and technical solutions, ensuring the right IT investment and • Administration – Who will be responsible? What skills will they
choosing the relevant risk management software tools is critical. Yet, need? Can the vendor assist?
a significant percentage of IT investment is wasted each year. Here,
• Implementation review – Did we realise the benefits? Was the
Simon will guide you on how to capitalise on technology to enhance
project delivered on-time and on-budget? What improvements are
your risk management capabilities and help you explore risk
needed?
management tool trends, while comparing costs vs. benefits for tool
selection and implementation steps.
Who should attend
Session One • Chief Risk Officer
The case for risk management software tools • Head of Internal Audit
There is an increasing demand for risk management automation • Chief Financial Officer
driven by the need for fast decision-making. Leading vendors of risk • Chief Information Officer
management software tools are beginning to gain purchase in the • Head of Operational Risk
market and now have experience in enterprise-wide • Head Risk Management
implementations. This session will discuss the need for risk • Risk consultants
management tools, the amount of work needed to prepare for an
implementation and how to choose a vendor to assist you. Directors, Presidents, VP, GM, Heads and Managers of
• Limitations of existing tools – The need for better systems • Assurance and Compliance • Treasury
• Accuracy and consistency – Is what your Board sees now • Operations • Operating layers of management
necessarily the true picture?
• Cost allocation and budget – How to estimate and control the From the following industries:
costs of risk management software implementation • Banking & Financial Institutions • Construction
• Business case – What should be put forward to management for • Hospitality • Logistics
approval • Manufacturing • Oil & Gas
• Telecommunications • Trading
Session Two • Travel /Aviation • FMCG
Risk management software tools preparation • Retail
This session is a practical demonstration in how to define your
needs, find a vendor solution and prepare for implementation
• Requirements analysis – Understand and define what you need Why you cannot miss this event
from an automated system As the dynamics of the market, business environment and changes
• Readiness assessment – Do you know where your data is? Can you in regulatory requirements for corporations increase in their
export and cleanse your data? Do you have a risk management complexity, it becomes harder to plot the right course for
process in place that can be replicated? continued success. Being able to identify and adapt to changes are
• Selection – How to control the request for tender process and key success factors for the leaders of tomorrow. In light of these
what you should look for in a vendor events companies are driven more than ever by the desire to
protect their reputation and manage their risks effectively.
Session Three Enterprise risk management is a framework, instituted by a firm's
Risk management software implementation board of directors and management, applied strategically and
This session will address the steps required to manage a successful across the enterprise, designed to identify potential events that
implementation. Realising the benefits of automation will increase may impact the firm, manage risks within defined parameters and
the likelihood of adoption by the business. provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the
• Project planning – How to plan a successful implementation and firm's business objectives. In order for an organisation to balance
realise the benefits of automation achievement of corporate objectives with the protection of
• Project team – Getting the right people involved is essential for stakeholders’ interests, it must manage its risks effectively. An
success increasing complexity and expediency of reporting requirements is
driving the need for up-to-date solutions that deliver accurate and
• Design – How long will it take? How easy will it be? What will it
timely information for decision-making. As business leaders seek
cost?
to understand the value of good risk management, the need for
• Implementation – The practical steps of implementing the software
risk management software is growing.
across the business with real life examples of successful and
unsuccessful implementations. What do you do if your framework In this intensive 2-day course, Australian risk management expert,
is flawed? Can we use our existing data? What are the potential Simon Franklin, will effectively deepen your understanding and
problems and how can we overcome them? offer you comprehensive coverage of enterprise risk management
and how your organisation can benefit from emerging software
tools.
I would like to thank everyone who has helped with the research and
organisation of this event, particularly the trainer, who has kindly committed and
supported the event.
Grace Kon, Producer - Conferences & Trainings
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