RMA Strategic Risk Management – Resilience Through Disruption – Learning Series #1 (September 6, 2022 / September 27, 2022)

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience and preparedness of organizations around the globe for more than two years. The shift to remote work has brought with it significant changes to the risk landscape: impacting employee mental health and increasing polarization. This firmly places employee wellbeing as the greatest threat to managing the workforce of tomorrow, and catapulting cyber and data privacy breaches to all-time highs.

And just as governments and central banks were about to adjust their fiscal policies and unwind the largest quantitative easing ever undertaken, war in Europe has returned.  This throws out the post-Berlin Wall capital investment globalization assumptions and introduces a real risk of East-West split. And now banks are pulled into the largest sanction-based economic warfare ever imagined, and dealing with the fallout of the related cyber warfare.

Organizations are facing risks that have morphed, increased and are operating in tandem with risks of the past. A well thought out environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy is no longer an option, but rather expected to be a core capability for all organizations.

Meanwhile, growth continues unabated in adoption of newer financial technologies.  FinTechs, as emerging competitors, remain laser focused on their niches and seem to grow to unicorns overnight. Cryptocurrencies are now coming into their own as a viable asset class.

In addition, global supply chains strained by the pandemic are facing new threats due to worsening climate risk to their global logistics and geopolitical threats require whole new strategies. And inflation, once thought transitory, doesn’t seem to want to leave.

Now, more than ever management and boards must plot and execute business plans that are strategically risk resilient. The complex geo-political landscape and its heightened interaction with economic, technological and  environmental risks are resulting in a widening gap in societal values, ideologies and perceptions of equality. The acceleration of societal polarization will redefine the way organizations think about productivity and economics; and ultimately influence customer preferences and business strategies.

Join us for this 10-hour learning series with global thought leaders and senior risk leaders as we learn and workshop how to shape strategies designed for tomorrow.  The series will teach resilient risk strategies, to discuss implications, impacts, lessons learned and strategies to manage.

Brought to you by the Risk Management Association (RMA) Toronto Chapter and co-hosted by CIBC and KPMG

• This 10-hour Learning Series will primarily be conducted via two (2) half day events in downtown Toronto (remote video conferencing available).  It includes a panel presentation from the Heads of Enterprise Risk, facilitated by KPMG.  Plus it includes access to the recorded version of the autumn CRO Luncheon for those unable to attend in person to the separate live event.
• The final half day session includes case study breakout sessions and all participants will receive micro-education credits from Arizona State University which is the largest online university; where these credits are accepted at many Canadian and US universities towards a potential degree, if the participant so chose.
• Hybrid: In person in Toronto (limited to 100 in person attendees) or via Video Conference
• Featuring Lisa Raitt, Janet Gross Stein, Bob Mark and additional thought leaders and executives in the financial services risk management domain
• Offering CPE credit and micro certification credentials from Arizona State University.

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