
Credit Risk & Enterprises
The ICAP - Risk Training Institute and the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus create for the first time an integrated professional Mastering Credit Risk programme for credit risk managers.
The thematic areas of the "Mastering Credit Risk" training programme, the training method, examinations, and accreditation by the University of Piraeus guarantee the provision of essential and practical knowlege, with the sole purpose of upgrading the role of credit management executives, which involves better cash flow, collection, and profitability results for companies.
The Module "Credit Risk & Enterprises" as a part of the broader training programme "Mastering Credit Risk", offers the opportunity to the participants to attend it as an independent seminar and be awarded the relevant Certificate of Attendance by the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus. For the attendance of each module, ECVETs are awarded, while corporate participants can also subsidized by OAED-LAEK.
Description
The purpose of the seminar is to present up-to-date Credit Risk evaluation techniques and clarify the characteristics, on which, it relies either directly or indirectly.
Target Audience
- Entrepreneurs
- Financial Management and Credit Control Executives
- Business Management and Marketing Executives
- Supply Chain Executives
- Business loan managers
- Investment Bankers
- Economic Analysts
- Credit Analysts
- Risk Officers of Banking and Credit Institutions
- Banking Finance Analysts, Lecturers, etc.
Subject Areas
Long-term risks
- PESTEL analysis
- Key Macroeconomic indicators:
- Government spending
- Investment (Foreign Direct Investment-FDI)
- Exports versus imports
- Monetary policy
- Social-demographic issues
- Technology
- Environment
- Legal-regulatory issues
- Business cycles
Industry/sectoral risks
- Product life cycle
- Understanding the operation of each industry's market -
What are the key-drivers that govern the industry?
- Competitive strategies
- Profitability
- Working capital requirements
- Capital expenditure
- Asset conversion cycle
- Different types of manufacturing
- Understanding competition
- Porter's five forces model (Tool for evaluating the competitive position of a company)
Corporate risks
- Understanding the company's business model
- What drives its revenues and costs
- Business operations
- Key Performance Indicators - (KPIs)
- Strategic analysis:
- SWOT Analysis
- Ansoff Matrix
Credit Risk Management Case Study
- "TradeCo" Corporation
- REVIEW OF RECORD OF COOPERATION
- Preliminary Credit Approvals
- Collaterals
- Business Data
- Overdue Debt Analysis
- RECORD OF DETERIORATING COOPERATION
- RECEIVABLES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
- PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATION STAGE
- What is requested:
- To determine the approach/strategy to be chosen
- To determine specific recommended legal or business action, and justify their selection
What you will learn
- To identify short-term and long-term industry/sectoral and corporate risks
- To implement a structured approach on evaluating the corporate credit policy
- To calculate and interpret key financial indicators that are used in the credit rating process of businesses
- To interpret financial statements appropriately and identify their vulnerability
- To understand cash flow dynamics and the effects of loan provision (positive/negative)
- To determine the key structural risks during loan provision to a group of companies
Seminar Timetable
Date | 1st & 2nd Teaching Hour | Break | 3rd & 4th Teaching Hour | Break | 5th Teaching Hour |
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13th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
14th of November | 10.30 - 12.00 | 12.00 - 12.15 | 12.15 - 13.45 | ||
16th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
18th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
20th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
23th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
27th of November | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 |

Course Start Date
November 2020
Cost of Attendance
€924
- 28 Hours
- Synchronous e-Learning
- Attendance Certificate
- Subsidized by LAEK
Lecturer

Michael
SamonasCFO of the SIDMA Group
SamonasCFO of the SIDMA Group
Οικονοµικός ∆ιευθυντής οµίλου ΣΙ∆ΜΑ
Ο Μιχάλης Σαμωνάς είναι πτυχιούχος εφαρμοσμένης Λογιστικής από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Oxford Brooks και κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού διπλώματος (M.Sc) και Διδακτορικού (Ph.D) από τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών του Πανεπιστημίου του Surrey. Είναι Ορκωτός Λογιστής (FCCA) και μέλος του Οικονομικού Επιμελητηρίου Ελλάδος. Έχει πάνω από 20 χρόνια εργασιακής εμπειρίας και έχει διατελέσει ανώτατο στέλεχος οικονομικών υπηρεσιών στη Vodafone & στη Vizzavi ενώ από το 2004 είναι Οικονομικός Διευθυντής στον Όμιλο ΣΙΔΜΑ. Τα τελευταία χρόνια ασχολείται με τη διδασκαλία των οικονομικών σε προπτυχιακά και μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα Πανεπιστημίων ενώ έχει συγγράψει και το βιβλίο “Financial Forecasting, Analysis & Modelling: A Framework for long-Term Forecasting”.Lecturer

George
KatsifasCredit & Treasury Controller of SIDMA
KatsifasCredit & Treasury Controller of SIDMA
Credit & Treasury Controller ΣΙ∆ΜΑ
Ο Γιώργος Κατσίφας είναι κάτοχος πτυχίου στην Οργάνωση & Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων από το Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς και Μεταπτυχιακού στη Λογιστική & Χρηματοοικονομική από το Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Από το 2014 είναι Credit & Treasury Controller στη ΣΙΔΜΑ ενώ έχει εργαστεί και σε αρκετές πολυεθνικές εταιρείες και τράπεζες .