The Senior Management Program in Banking (SMP) is targeted at senior managers from the financial industry with responsibility for
- multiple business lines
- a significant single business line
- integrated services to clients
- an individual operational support area
and managers moving into any of the above positions.
These executives share the need to understand the different forces shaping not only their own area, but also the business and functional areas on which they depend and which they impact. Participants typically have a minimum of 10 years of experience, with 5 years in a managerial role and are on average 40 years old. Participants come from various financial areas, including retail banking, commercial banking, private banking, asset management, investment banking, trading, operations and support areas.
Participants of the Senior Management Program in Banking are normally sponsored by their firms, as they are expected to play a major role in their organization’s future. They have been identified as key players of their firm so that a significant investment in their executive education is absolutely reasonable.
Participant feedback from the SMP cycle 2010:
“My aim was to participate in a banking specific program to broadly enhance my knowledge on critical banking topics. I was not dissappointed: I found the Senior Management Program in Banking to be the most comprehensive and specialised one in the market. Moreover I enjoyed the strong mix of provessors on the one side and banking executives on the other side. I also appreciated the mix of participants from different geographics including the Middle-East, South America, and Europe. Finally, I experienced a balanced combination of class-room teaching, workshops, and participant presentations”
Søren R. Nymark, First Vice President, Group Executive Board Secretariat, Danske Bank, participant cycle 2010
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