Risk management and internal control for boards

How boards set risk appetite, oversee risk and gain assurance over internal controls, including Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

Effective risk oversight is one of the board's most important jobs. This course shows directors how to do it well without drowning in detail.

What you will cover

  • Risk appetite: what it is and how to set it
  • Principal and emerging risks, including cyber and AI
  • The three lines model and sources of assurance
  • Internal control frameworks and how the board reviews their effectiveness
  • Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, and what other organisations can learn from it
  • Making the risk register useful to the board