The Executive Guide to Bank Management Risk Management, Operations, IT and Leadership

This book, written by the CEO of a highly successful bank provides a succinct but complete guide to the critical issues in banking management – risk management; leadership; operational aspects, and technology, written for the busy executive.

Split into four distinct sections, the book begins with a comprehensive examination of risk management across the institution, focusing on balance sheet management, credit risk management, liquidity risk management, and Basel II issues. Section II examines leadership and how effective leadership can be used to improve a company's risk management and lead to success, even during crisis periods. Efficient operational management is one of the keys to a successful bank and this is dealt with in section III. Technology is a dual edged sword and can either create risks or allow improved risk management. Section IV deals with how technology can be best used to improve bank management. All these issues focus mainly on Tier II, Tier III, and Tier IV banks. The book is strongly applied to the markets, particularly those where small and medium banks are prevalent.

Sami Farhat (UAE) is CEO of Investbank, a Middle-East based full service entity offering a wide range of retail and corporate products and services, where he is responsible for the entire banking business, including the effective running of all head office departments (Risk Management; ALM; Credit; Corporate; Treasury; IT; HR; IR; and Operations). During his tenure at the bank, he has led the development of the institutions short, medium, and longer-term goals, developed its architecture, strategically enhanced its capital base, and has driven massive growth in the bank's assets under control and return on assets. He is a member of the CEOs Consultative Council, driven by the Central Bank of the UAE; is a Board Member of First National Bank, and Head of the Board Risk Committee at the FNB. He holds a Masters degree in International Business Banking.

Sunil Kumar (UAE) is Head of Risk Management, Middle East and Africa at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, where he is responsible for the management of the risk teams in credit and market risk, ICAAP, Basel II and Islamic banking implementation and risk systems for consultancy. Previously he was Head of Risk Management for IRIS Integrated Risk Management Switzerland AG, a solutions provider for risk and profitability management, and before this, was Head of International Certification and Strategic Planning at Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, a semi-government bank of the UAE. He is a regional Director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and a member of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA). He is a regular speaker across industry events, most recently at the Dubai GARP chapter and at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.

1. Principles of Banking
PART I
2. Risk Management Issues in Banks
3. Basel for Banks
4. Credit Risk
5. Liquidity Risk
PART II
6. Leadership and the Bank
PART III
7. Operational Aspects
PART IV
7. Technology – The Most Powerful Tool
8. Concluding Remarks