New Risks and Opportunities for Bank Boards: Levelling Up

Who should apply?

Participants profile:

• Banks’ Non-Executive Directors (current and prospective)
• Banks’ Executive Directors
• Board secretaries and secretariat officers
• Members of board committees
• Regulatory and government affairs managers
• Board Advisory consultants

The BBA program puts a high priority on participant diversity, also in geographic terms. Our intention is for participants to interact and discuss with peers to get a valuable learning, sharing and networking experience thanks to an outstanding international faculty of regulators, supervisors, and academics together with bank and finance professionals.

Friday 24 October 2025

09:30 – 09:45 Introduction & tour de table

09:45 – 10:30 Session 1: Blueprint for Excellence: Crafting the Pillars of a High-Performance Board

10:45 – 11:30 Session 2: Behind the Boardroom Doors: Real-World Cases of Elite Board Dynamics

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 Session 3: Building Excellence Together: A Collaborative Workshop on Mastering Board Structuring and driving Board effectiveness

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Session 4: Risks of geoeconomic fragmentation

15:00 – 16:30 Session 5: Strategic steering amid geopolitical risks

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 – 18:00 Session 6: Risk Data Aggregation

18:00 – 19:30 Tour of the historical archives of the EU Institutions at the EUI

19:30 – 20:00 Dinner and Keynote speech by Alessandro Profumo

Saturday 25 October 2025

08:30 – 10:00 Session 7: Consolidation of the banking sector – best practices

10:00 – 11:30 Session 8: Machine learning, emerging technologies, and risk management (TBC)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30 Session 9: Shaping risk culture

13:30 Closing light lunch

FEES*:

• € 2550 – New participants
• € 2250 – Returning participants from previous editions

*Please note that payment must be settled within 48 hours of registration into the course. .

The fee includes tuition, access to all course materials and pedagogic activities, coffee and lunch breaks and social activities, as well as a certificate of attendance after the course has been completed. The fee does not include travel and accommodation expenses or other local transportation costs (taxis, private cars).

GROUP DISCOUNT (-10%) for minimum 2 participants from the same institution:

A group discount is available for institutions registering two or more participants. To qualify, the names of all participants must be submitted together in a single email to FBF. Please note that this offer cannot be applied retroactively to individual registrations completed at different times. Those wishing to take advantage of the group discount must write an email to fbf@eui.eu, stating the full names of the proposed participants.

CANCELLATION POLICY

In case you can no longer attend the course, you are required to inform the organisers by sending an email to fbf@eui.eu in order to free a seat for participants on the waiting list.

In case of frequent cancellations, FBF reserves the right not to accept further registrations from the same person.

Cancellation before 30th July: 100 percent refund.

Cancellation from 1 August until 1 October: 50 percent refund.

Cancellation from 1 October until 22 October: No refund possible.

For more details, please contact fbf@eui.eu

You can find all relevant information about the course venue at this link, including logistical details, the venue address, and a range of accommodation options to suit different needs.

Practical Information

For any questions, please contact us at fbf@eui.eu and/or noemi.epote@eui.eu.