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The Arditti Center Executive Risk Management Leadership Series

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Wednesday, September 24 (12 to 2 pm):
A free lunch with a keynote speaker and presentation by our instructors.

Wednesday, October 15 (12 to 2 pm):
A free lunch with a keynote speaker and presentation by our instructors.

Wednesday, November 12 (8 am to 5 pm):
One-day capstone program featuring interactive case studies, a keynote lunch, and a keynote dinner the evening before.

Program Summary
Developing and maintaining superior performance in corporate risk management, which is both effective in taking high-stakes decisions and fail-safe in times of stress, requires executive leadership.

Focusing on the critical areas of risk management infrastructure, strategy and decision-making, this interactive program provides senior leaders with greater understanding of, and essential skills in, risk management leadership practices which have been field-tested across multiple industry sectors.

Series Structure
Hosted at the DePaul Center in the heart of downtown Chicago (1 E Jackson Blvd), the Executive Risk Management Leadership series will be held monthly on Wednesdays, with twofree keynote lunches anda paidone-day capstone of interactive case studies.

Target Audience
Non-executive Board Directors, CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Managing Directors, Corporate Treasurers, Executive Vice Presidents, Heads of Internal Audit, and Public Pension Fund Trustees

Learning Objectives
1. Understand the strategies which senior leaders of large and/or complex public or private organizations need to employ, and the infrastructure necessary to support them, in order to ensure effective risk management of high-stakes business decisions and a self-sustaining, firm-wide risk management culture.

2. Recognize how superior risk management leadership is key to sustained profitability, and how your organization may be negatively impacted if the necessary strategies and infrastructure are lacking.

 For more information, please contact us at arditti@depaul.edu or visit us at http://go.depaul.edu/arditti


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