A Training With Impact
The 6-day “The Board of Directors in the Financial Sector” program is an executive program on corporate governance, organised in collaboration with GUBERNA. The objective is to train incisive directors to work in the financial business sector.
The objective of this training course is to:
- provide insight into the operation and responsibilities of a Board of Directors and directors;
- provide levers that allow the role of director to be optimally fulfilled;
- train incisive directors to work in the financial business sector and to support them with their ‘fit and proper’ application;
- provide a comprehensive understanding of the organisation, operation and challenges of a financial institution.
This Training is for
The programme can be followed by the following target groups:
- candidate directors;
- experienced directors from other sectors;
- existing directors (CEOs, COOs, CFOs and other senior executives).
Module 1: The financial landscape and regulatory outlook - Day 1 (Duration: 6 hours)
- How current macro-economic and geopolitical trends are impacting the financial industry
- The financial system and financial intermediation in our society
- Architecture and governance of the financial system
- Focus on the role and evolution of banks
- Focus on the role and evolution of insurance companies
- Focus on the role and evolution of other financial intermediaries
- Regulation
- Strategic challenges for financial intermediaries : the new risks/opportunities
- Keynote : The role of the regulator in the Belgian & European context with a focus on Fit & Proper (NBB)
- Keynote: The role of the regulator in the Belgian & European context (FSMA)
Lecturers: Hans Geeroms
Guest speakers: Koenraad De Backere, Nicolas Strypstein, Els De Keyser & Isabelle Le Grand
Module 2: Governance of the Financial Institution - day 2 (Duration: 6 hours)
- Interactive workshop on governance
- A summary of the reference framework for governance in the financial sector
- Applicable regulations and guidelines of the supervisors
- Important trends and impact on the board
- An optimal composition of the Board of Directors
- Basic principles and best practices
- Specific requirements for the financial sector
- Keynote: Corporate Governance for Insurance Companies - case study Ageas
Lecturers: Sandra Gobert & Caroline Veris
Guest speaker: Bart De Smet
Module 3: Role of Board of Directors - Day 3 (Duration: 6 hours)
- Introduction
- Financial institutions within the Eurozone (MFIs, IFs, FVCs, PSRIs, ICs)
- The foundations of banking and insurance
- Expected return and risks
- Supervision
- The Banking Model
- Balance sheet
- Income statement
- Regulations and challenges
- Products and services
- Points for attention
- The insurance model
- Balance sheet
- Regulations and challenges
- Life insurance
- Non-life insurance
- Pension plans
- Banks versus insurance institutions
- Interest Rate Risk
- Product Risk
- Balance sheet Risk
- Balance sheet immunization
- Conclusion: the future of financial services
- Keynote : Interaction with subcommittees and stakeholders
Lecturer: Alexandre Deveen
Guest speaker: François Lecomte
Module 5: Risk Management of a financial institution - Day 5 (Duration: 6 hours)
- Interactive workshop on Risk management
- Risk management: definitions and concepts
- Identification of the different risks
- Important risk-related concepts
- Period of reflection for board members, probability and impact of risks
- Recovery planning
- Keynote : Setting the scene on risk-management in the boardroom
- Keynote : The three lines of Defence: What the board should expect from compliance
- Keynote: Crisis Management
Lecturer: Carole de Vergnies
Guest Speakers: Eric Pulinx, Khatleen Pauwels & Julien Radart
Module 6: The Board’s legal and societal responsibilities - Day 6 (Duration: 6 hours)
- The impact of sustainability in risk management :
- How to manage ESG in Board of Directors
- Sustanability risk mapping and reporting for Board of Directors in a governance framework
- Keynote : Values-Driven Leadership for a Sustainable Future
- Roles and responsibilities of directors in the financial sector: the legal perspective
- Interactive workshop: the evaluation of the functioning of the Board of Directors
- Which process?
- What is the content?
- Framework based on basic principles and best practices as well as relevant legal provisions
Lecturers: Sandra Gobert & Saartje Verbeke
Guest speakers: Alain Flas, Ruben Olieslagers, Leen Van den Neste & Jeroen Delvoie
Interested to follow this training programme?
You can register via the Febelfin Academy website
Your investment
GUBERNA members: € 5.610
Non-members: € 6.300
A unique partnership
By bringing together the many years of expertise of GUBERNA, the Institute of Directors and Febelfin Academy, the training institute for the financial sector, you can focus on all aspects of corporate governance of financial institutions through this programme.
In addition, the further professionalisation of directors in specific technical-financial issues is part of the “fit and proper” assessment by the NBB. Due to the support of the NBB and FSMA, this programme provides unprecedented “public-private cooperation”.
This program is organised in collaboration with
KMO-portefeuille
Did you know that you can use the subsidy KMO-portefeuille for our courses?
You can apply using the following code DVL O252357.
Our theme is business strategy.
Qfor quality label
All GUBERNA training programs have obtained the Qfor quality label.
