Explore three high-impact risk programs for ambitious professionals in finance and risk management
Risk is no longer a separate workstream. It is embedded in every strategic decision, from growth and innovation to regulation and resilience. The Great Financial Crisis was a wake-up call, and the bank failures of 2023 reinforced the same message: risk management needs both strong frameworks and strong judgment.
That is why the Amsterdam Institute of Finance highlights three executive programs that address risk from three complementary angles: decision-making under uncertainty, hands-on financial risk tools, and balance sheet and asset-liability management in banks. Expect interactive sessions with practical cases, clear frameworks, and tools you can apply immediately.
Discover the programs, see which one matches your role, and meet the experts behind them:
> Why risk now
> The Risk Programs at a glance
> Who should attend
> Meet the faculty
> How to participate
Why risk now
In today’s environment, risk is moving faster than many organizations can update their playbooks: markets shift, regulation tightens, complexity rises, and a single incident can quickly cascade into reputational and financial damage. The advantage is rarely ‘more data’. It’s clearer decision-making, earlier signals, and better preparedness.
These programs sharpen your risk judgment across three critical dimensions:
> How people decide under uncertainty, including behavioral and psychological drivers
> How financial risks are measured and managed, with tools, frameworks, and real-world applications
> How banks manage balance sheets, through asset-liability management, capital, liquidity, and interest rate risk
The Risk Programs at a glance
From financial risks and the psychological factors influencing decision-making to bank balance sheet management, these programs offer a focused and complementary approach to risk.
Join renowned experts for in-depth learning experiences:
1. Psychology of Risk
With Prof. Stefan Zeisberger
Improve your decision quality in two days:
✔ See the patterns: the psychology behind financial choices
✔ Quantify behavior: measure risk preferences; apply in risk management
✔ Decide better: improve decisions for you and your team
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2. Financial Risk Management
With Patrick Oberhaensli, CFA
A unique perspective on risk management:
✔ Build a practical, future-proof risk framework
✔ Spot risk shifts early with Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that actually work
✔ Make better decisions with clear risk-return and core analytics
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3. Bank Asset-Liability Management
With Moorad Choudhry
A 3-day guide through the key areas of bank ALM:
✔ Implement best-practice ALM and strengthen ICAAP/ILAAP processes
✔ Optimize your balance sheet under Basel III and the Leverage Ratio
✔ Maximize hedge effectiveness and minimize the regulatory capital charge
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Who should attend
These programs are relevant for ambitious (senior) finance and risk professionals who influence or own risk-related decisions and want to strengthen decision-making, risk frameworks, and organizational resilience.
✔ Professionals at financial institutions, corporates, and professional investors who work with risk in practice: market, credit, liquidity, operational, and strategic risk.
✔ Leaders and decision-makers with a solid foundation in finance, accounting, strategy, or general management who want to translate insights into action in their organization.
✔ Typical roles include CFO, COO, Head of Finance, CIO, Portfolio Manager, ALM/Treasury/BSM professional, CTO/Head of IT, Managing Director, and Non-Executive Director.
✔ Control and assurance functions, such as experienced Risk Managers, Internal Audit/Risk Auditors, Senior Compliance, and senior product, sales, and back-office professionals.
✔ Senior finance professionals with advisory responsibility in financial decision-making who want to understand how psychology, analytics, and balance sheet choices shape risk.
Meet the faculty
You will learn from highly experienced experts:
Professor Stefan Zeisberger teaches at Radboud University and the University of Zurich, and he previously held positions at the California Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University in New York where he founded and directed the Center for Behavioral Finance.
“We can’t just switch off our biases.”
– Professor Stefan Zeisberger, Professor of Finance at Radboud University, Associate Professor at University of Zurich
Program:
> Psychology of Risk
Read the interview with Prof. Stefan Zeisberger:
> Prof. Stefan Zeisberger: ‘We can’t just switch off our biases’ (Psychology of Risk)
Patrick Oberhaensli, CFA, FRM, Engineer (ETH Zurich) is a financial expert with over 30 years of experience in banking and finance. He is the Founder and CEO of his own finance-related service company, EVOLIDS FINANCE LLC.
“The key to effective financial risk management is front experience.”
– Patrick Oberhaensli, CFA, Founder/CEO EVOLIDS FINANCE LLC
Program:
> Financial Risk Management
Read the interview with Patrick Oberhaensli:
> Patrick Oberhaensli: ‘The key to effective financial risk management is front experience.’
Moorad Choudhry is a non-executive director at Newcastle Building Society. Moorad is a Fellow at several prestigious institutes, including CISI and GARP, and author of The Principles of Banking (John Wiley & Sons 2012, 2023). He holds degrees from the University of Westminster and the University of Reading, an MBA from Henley Business School and a PhD from Birkbeck, University of London.
“Implement asset-liability management in a way that is appropriate for your bank.”
– Moorad Choudhry, Non-executive director at Newcastle Building Society
Program:
> Bank Asset-Liability Management
Read the interview with Moorad Choudhry:
> ‘Bank Asset-Liability Management is the core of banking’
How to participate
Each program is a standalone executive course. You can join one program, or combine two or three for a broader and more integrated perspective on risk. All programs are highly interactive, case-based, and taught in small groups in Amsterdam.
Ready to deepen your risk expertise?
Build a sharper, more complete risk toolkit, from mindset to models. Gain insights from the experts shaping today’s risk agenda. Choose your next program:
> Psychology of Risk
> Financial Risk Management
> Bank Asset-Liability Management
Prefer personal advice? Contact AIF: +31 20 246 7140 | info@aif.nl
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