Abstract:
This chapter studies the use of a proposed integrated competency development approach to address the challenges which a bank’s risk management function faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It studies the challenges and regulatory reforms after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. It argues that these reforms were not sufficient to address the challenges in the longer term. It revisits the key features of the proposed integrated approach to risk management competency development. Next, it studies and identifies four major challenges together with the corresponding risk management competency development requirements. It finds that these requirements can be inferred from the proposed integrated approach. It proposes that this integrated approach is, and will likely remain, relevant to helping banks build resilience as they confront future pandemics and challenges.