This advanced four-day blended training workshop is designed to provide Senior SME and Commercial banking professionals with relationship and credit risk management responsibilities a comprehensive understanding of essential principles of SME and commercial credit assessment.
The Programme is delivered in four modules. Each module includes a remote session and eLearning activities. The remote instructor-led sessions allow the participants to discuss topics and concerns, exchange thoughts, share experiences with the instructor and peers, and receive constructive feedback in a supportive environment. The remote instructor-led sessions, including breaks and breakout exercises, are complemented by eLearning activities that consist of videos and quizzes designed to improve understanding and retention and enhance the remote sessions' effectiveness.
The course has been designed for lending and credit risk management professionals who work with a variety of customer segments; as well as recent entrants to lending who have a good background in accounting and financial analysis. The programme has also been designed to benefit experienced commercial or SME Relationship Managers and Credit Risk Managers, who want to enhance their ability to coach or mentor junior staff members. This includes commercial or SME credit professionals within such departments as Credit Risk Management, Credit Policies and Procedures, Risk Assessment, Credit Approval, Loan Administration/ Monitoring, and Collections and Workouts in relation to SME or commercial lending.
If you are asking yourself any of the following questions, then this programme is for you:
How should/can I incorporate industry and business risk characteristics into my assessment?
How should fundamental business characteristics inform one’s lending decision?
How can ratio analysis be effectively used in markets where financial information is questionable at best?
Are there structured approaches to effectively assess credit requests?
How can I avoid being surprised by a loan going bad?
Nate Dickerson
Nate Dickerson is a seasoned banking consultant with over thirty-five years of experience within the financial service industry, initially as a commercial lender and subsequently as a consultant and training and development specialist.
As a commercial lender, Nate enjoyed an eleven-year career with The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. His experiences included commercial lending, credit administration, corporate finance, and domestic and international debt restructuring within the United States and South America. Additionally, as a banking consultant, he has provided advisory services within the United States, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Nate regularly runs courses on problem loan management, SME Lending Risk Management, Understanding and Appraising a business plan, and Strategic Marketing for Senior Management.
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