Corporate & Commercial Banking#1057
Corporate Banking Management
Prepares bankers to run corporate banking operations, assess corporate clients' finances and credit risk and offer products that build lasting relationships.
5 Days·Classroom
Mini Master in Banking Management Training Course
An intensive, banking-specific mini master week for new bank managers, linking strategy, ALM and profitability, Basel capital, digital banking and leadership.
CCB · Corporate & Commercial BankingAll Levels#2990ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
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Sectors:Finance, Investment & BankingCategories:Corporate & Commercial Banking
Course Overview
The Mini Master in Banking Management Training Course is an intensive, banking-specific program for high-potential bankers who are moving from specialist or branch roles into management and need to see the whole bank as one business. It is a short professional program, not an academic degree: in one week it condenses the core management disciplines of a bank into five connected modules, showing how strategy, the balance sheet, risk and capital, customers and technology, and leadership interact in the decisions a bank manager makes every day. Each day covers one module at a management level. Participants start with bank strategy and business models, examining how banks create value and how the operating environment shapes strategy. They then read the balance sheet through asset and liability management, net interest margin, funds transfer pricing, and the profitability of business lines, products, and customers. The third module explains credit risk, expected credit losses under IFRS 9, and capital and liquidity under the Basel III framework, including risk appetite, stress testing, and risk-adjusted return. The fourth module addresses digital banking, customer experience, operational efficiency, and the compliance and cyber risks that come with digital channels, while the fifth focuses on bank governance, leadership, culture, and ethical decision-making. Unlike the separate courses on commercial banking strategy, banking risk management, financial markets, or treasury, this program does not go deep into any single discipline; it connects them into one integrated management view. The course is delivered through concept sessions, bank financial statement exercises, case studies, and an integrated bank case on the final day, in which teams analyze a bank, make linked strategic, financial, and risk decisions, and present a management plan. Participants leave with a practical framework for leading a bank unit with a full understanding of its commercial, financial, and regulatory consequences.
Learning Objectives
- Explain how a bank creates value through its business model, funding structure, and income sources by the end of the course.
- Analyze the bank's operating environment, including macroeconomic, regulatory, competitive, and technology drivers of strategy.
- Interpret bank financial statements and key ratios to assess performance, efficiency, and balance-sheet strength.
- Apply asset and liability management principles to understand interest rate and liquidity positions.
- Evaluate business-line, product, and customer profitability using funds transfer pricing and cost allocation.
- Assess how credit growth, asset quality, and expected credit losses affect earnings and capital.
- Explain Basel III capital and liquidity requirements and their impact on lending and pricing decisions.
- Evaluate digital banking, customer experience, and efficiency initiatives against their risks and returns.
- Strengthen governance, leadership, and ethical decision-making skills required of new bank managers.
- Integrate strategic, financial, risk, and customer considerations into one coherent management plan for a bank unit.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for high-potential bankers moving into management, newly appointed branch and area managers, relationship and product managers, credit, risk, finance, and operations specialists taking on wider responsibilities, heads of units and department managers, and banking professionals in succession or leadership development programs who need an integrated view of how a bank is run.
It is particularly valuable for professionals in commercial, retail, and Islamic banks, development and specialized banks, central banks and banking supervisors, and other financial institutions across the Gulf and Africa. Those who benefit most are specialists who know one area of the bank well and now need to manage across strategy, finance, risk, customers, and people.
Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the bank business model and how strategy is translated into plans and targets.
- Analyze the operating environment and its implications for a bank's strategic choices.
- Interpret bank financial statements and key ratios to diagnose performance.
- Apply asset and liability management concepts to interest rate and liquidity decisions.
- Evaluate profitability by business line, product, and customer using funds transfer pricing.
- Assess credit quality and expected credit losses and their effect on earnings and capital.
- Apply Basel III capital and liquidity concepts to lending, pricing, and growth decisions.
- Prioritize digital, customer, and efficiency initiatives with a clear view of their risks.
- Lead teams with sound governance, ethics, and performance management in a regulated bank.
- Integrate strategy, finance, risk, and customer decisions into a coherent bank management plan.
Course Outline
Course Outline:
Bank Strategy and Business Models
- How banks create value: intermediation and fee income
- Retail, corporate, Islamic, and digital banking business models
- Economy, regulation, competition, and FinTech
- Turning strategy into plans and targets
- Practical application: Assessing a bank's business model
The Bank Balance Sheet, ALM, and Profitability
- Reading bank financial statements and key performance ratios
- Net interest margin, cost-to-income, and return on equity
- Asset and liability management essentials and the role of ALCO
- Funds transfer pricing and customer and product profitability
- Practical application: Diagnosing a bank's profitability and balance sheet
Credit Risk, Capital, and the Basel Framework
- The credit cycle from origination to recovery
- Asset quality, provisioning, and expected credit losses under IFRS 9
- Basel III capital, risk-weighted assets, buffers, and liquidity ratios
- Risk appetite, ICAAP, stress testing, and RAROC
- Practical application: Evaluating the capital impact of a lending growth plan
Digital Banking, Customers, and Operations
- Digital channels, open banking, and FinTech partnerships
- Customer segmentation, experience, and lifetime value
- Operational efficiency and cost management
- Compliance, financial crime, cyber risk, and data governance
- Practical application: Prioritizing digital and customer initiatives
Leadership, Governance, and the Integrated Bank Case
- Bank corporate governance, board committees, and the three lines model
- Leading teams, performance culture, and change in a regulated business
- Ethics, conduct, and stakeholder communication for bank managers
- Linking strategy, finance, risk, and customer decisions
- Final workshop: Analyze an integrated bank case, diagnose its strategy, profitability, asset quality, and capital, make linked decisions on growth, pricing, and risk, and present a management plan with priorities and targets.
Upcoming Dates
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Abuja · 21 – 25 Dec 2026 · Classroom
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| City | Dates | Price per Participant | Early Bird | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MadinahScheduled | 2 – 6 Nov 2026 | €4,200 | — | |
MadridScheduled | 9 – 13 Nov 2026 | €5,400 | — | |
MakkahScheduled | 9 – 13 Nov 2026 | €4,200 | — | |
ManamaScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €4,700 | — | |
MilanScheduled | 23 – 27 Nov 2026 | €6,000 | €5,400until 2 Nov | |
MuscatScheduled | 23 – 27 Nov 2026 | €5,300 | €4,770until 2 Nov | |
OnlineScheduled | 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2026 | €1,700 | €1,530until 9 Nov | |
ParisScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €5,700 | €5,130until 16 Nov | |
RiyadhScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €4,200 | €3,780until 16 Nov | |
SalalahScheduled | 14 – 18 Dec 2026 | €5,300 | €4,770until 23 Nov | |
AbujaScheduled | 21 – 25 Dec 2026 | €5,100 | €4,590until 30 Nov | |
AmmanScheduled | 27 – 31 Dec 2026 | €3,100 | €2,790until 7 Dec | |
AccraScheduled | 28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 | €5,100 | €4,590until 7 Dec | |
AmsterdamScheduled | 4 – 8 Jan 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 14 Dec | |
BakuScheduled | 11 – 15 Jan 2027 | €4,800 | €4,320until 21 Dec | |
BangkokScheduled | 11 – 15 Jan 2027 | €6,100 | €5,490until 21 Dec | |
BarcelonaScheduled | 18 – 22 Jan 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 28 Dec | |
BeirutScheduled | 24 – 28 Jan 2027 | €4,000 | €3,600until 4 Jan | |
CairoScheduled | 31 Jan – 4 Feb 2027 | €3,300 | €2,970until 11 Jan | |
Cape TownScheduled | 1 – 5 Feb 2027 | €5,100 | €4,590until 11 Jan | |
DammamScheduled | 7 – 11 Feb 2027 | €4,200 | €3,780until 18 Jan | |
DubaiScheduled | 14 – 18 Feb 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 25 Jan | |
DohaScheduled | 14 – 18 Feb 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 25 Jan | |
GenevaScheduled | 22 – 26 Feb 2027 | €6,300 | €5,670until 1 Feb | |
JeddahScheduled | 28 Feb – 4 Mar 2027 | €4,200 | €3,780until 8 Feb | |
IstanbulScheduled | 1 – 5 Mar 2027 | €4,700 | €4,230until 8 Feb | |
KigaliScheduled | 8 – 12 Mar 2027 | €5,100 | €4,590until 15 Feb | |
LisbonScheduled | 15 – 19 Mar 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 22 Feb | |
Kuala LumpurScheduled | 15 – 19 Mar 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 22 Feb | |
LondonScheduled | 22 – 26 Mar 2027 | €5,600 | €5,040until 1 Mar |
Available in: Istanbul · Dubai · London · Riyadh · Doha · Amsterdam
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