Become a Chartered Banker - AI- Changing the world of Risk and Compliance
Event Details
Free
Date and Time
Wed, 12 August 2026
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Your event link is available via IOB Learn
Event Details
Free
Date and Time
Wed, 12 August 2026
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Your event link is available via IOB Learn
IOB has a longstanding relationship with the Chartered Banker Institute (UK) whereby IOB members who successfully complete our Professional Diploma in Banking programme,( level 9), which is delivered by IOB and accredited by University College Dublin (UCD) are deemed to have automatically met the Chartered Banker Designation criteria and can apply for it, thus receiving both a UCD Award and the Chartered Banker Designation.
The Chartered Banker designation is considered to be:
Internationally recognised as the gold standard for professionals working in the banking sector.
Holders of the designation are recognised as highly qualified, professionals with a detailed knowledge of the modern banking sector and its ethical and professional requirements.
The Professional Diploma in Banking was introduced specifically to support the development of individuals in leadership positions, or who aspire to leadership roles in banking and financial services.
It exposes students to contemporary issues in ethics and corporate governance relevant to financial institutions within the context of understanding the importance of effective risk management.
Broaden your knowledge and understanding of the requirements for responsible banking, taking on board the interests of a wide range of stakeholders.
Develop your thinking on key business challenges and ethical dilemmas faced by management when striving to improve business performance.
Provide you with the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and expertise in corporate finance, asset management, or strategy in the specific context of retail banking.
Enhance your business judgement, critical analysis and problem solving skills.
Develop in you a holistic professional skill set to ensure commercial sustainability and the maintenance of the trust of customers and wider stakeholders.
This event will automatically close midnight the day before or if its fully booked
There are 0.5 CPD hours available for the holders of the following designations:
Licentiate of Compliance Institute
Professional Banker
Chartered Banker
Fellow of Compliance Institute (Compliance)
Dr Gerry Grenham
Senior Academic Consultant, IOB
Dr Gerry Grenham is former Head of Postgraduate Programmes and currently Senior Academic Consultant at IOB. His experience covers all aspects of IOB educational programmes, with particular emphasis at the postgraduate level. He has been involved with the Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning since the programme’s inception and is a former Programme Director. As Programme Director he has been involved in programme design and review over the years.
Gerry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, a Masters in Management Science (now Data Analytics) and a PhD in Management Information Systems.
Níall Fitzgerald
Head of Ethics and Governance, Chartered Accountants Ireland
Níall leads the delivery of strategic objectives on business ethics and governance across operations, including policy, member support and resources, and engagement with regulators, standard setters and other stakeholders. Níall is a member of the Institute’s Sustainability Expert Working Party and is passionate about internal implementation of sustainability initiatives and applying sustainability reporting frameworks. His non-executive experience includes being a trustee of an occupational pension scheme, non-executive member of a governance and risk committee for an Irish charity and chairing a panel of judges for the Good Governance Awards in Ireland.
Níall is the author of a number of expert guides and articles on ethics, organisational culture and corporate governance, as well as having produced a number of compliance toolkits for the audit and accounting profession. Níall lectures on governance, risk, ethics and compliance for IOB and is module co-ordinator for Bank Governance and Regulation on the Professional Diploma in Banking programme.
