An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Certificate in Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

How Your Corporation is Managed, Commanded & Controlled

22 - 26 Dec 2025
London
| $5950
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Dubai
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11 - 15 May 2026
Amsterdam
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15 - 19 Jun 2026
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Paris
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31 Aug - 04 Sep 2026
London
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12 - 16 Oct 2026
Barcelona
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16 - 20 Nov 2026
Dubai
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21 - 25 Dec 2026
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11 - 15 May 2026
Online
| $3950
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Online
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Introduction

This Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) training course will explain Corporate Governance and its main tools of Compliance, Internal Audit and Risk Management together with its benefits, barriers, and proper implementation.

Good governance does not only build trust but also improve organizations performance and contributes to social and environmental integrity by providing organizations the tools they need to govern well, enabling them to perform effectively while behaving ethically and responsibly.

This Certificate in Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) training course will highlight:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) training course, you will learn to:

Training Methodology

A variety of training methods to reach the participants will be applied in a diverse manner. A number of methods will include brainstorming, lecturing, exercises, group discussion and sharing experiences. Case studies and short assessment shall be conducted during this training course. This GRC training course is built on presentations by the instructor and the participants and includes exercises and case studies to be discussed during the training sessions.

Certificate in Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Who Should Attend?

This training course gives you up-to-date perceptions into the domain of corporate governance, risk management, audit, and compliance, especially for those who are looking to become executives in their organizations very soon.

By the end of this Certificate in Advanced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) training course, the organization will have the following benefits:

  • Understand Key Principles of Good Governance, Benefits & Barriers
  • The best strategies for building high-quality governance framework
  • The role of the board of directors and your role within it
  • The Risk management, Compliance & Internal Audit Departments’ Triangle
  • Managing governance function within different business contexts – listed, private, state-owned, family-owned businesses

Learning Journey Breakdown

  • Corporate governance, definition, concept, rules, principles
  • What are the barriers and obstacles to actually enforce it?
  • How to implement corporate governance in reality?
  • Board’s committees, roles and responsibilities
  • Identifying the audit committee role and responsibilities
  • Risk management, compliance & internal audit overlapping & how to overcome it?
  • Cooperation & collaboration among this triangle functions
  • Main thoughts to improve corporate governance
  • Risk management fundamental concepts, universe & principles
  • Risk management framework, policies, methodologies and infrastructure
  • Risk management limitations with traditional approaches to risk management
  • Key performance indicators (KPI) vs. Key risk indicators (KRI)
  • What is a risk register & how to create one?
  • Business continuity planning vs. Disaster recovery plan
  • Risk control self-assessment (RCSA)
  • Role & responsibilities of the risk champions
  • Financial risk / credit risk / liquidity risk                               
  • Operational risk
  • Non-compliance risk
  • Systematic risk vs. Systemic risk
  • Political risk / sovereign risk / country risk
  • Strategic risk / legal risk / reputational risk
  • Fraud risk / ethical behavior risk / criminal behavior risk
  • ESG, digital, cyber, and technology risks
  • Compliance new approach, risk-based compliance
  • Role, duty, objective and responsibility of a compliance officer
  • What is the specific profile for a compliance officer?
  • Money laundering threats and methods & terrorist financing threats and methods
  • What is risk-based internal auditing? How & why audit units move into risk based audit
  • The transition from system-based to risk-based internal auditing
  • Risk-based audit approach and risk-based audit methodology
  • Auditing the control environment
  • Role of the board
  • Business plan vs. Strategic plan
  • Strategic planning and strategic management
  • Risks in focus 2025 and how organizations can tackle
  • Controlling fraud, the fraud triangle and the fraud diamond
  • Auditing corporate governance
  • OMBUDS process (whistleblowing)
  • Business and financial lessons learnt

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