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Risk Appetite and Tolerance Framework Design

Helps South African boards and executive teams move beyond generic risk registers to a working risk appetite framework that guides real decisions. Participants learn to set qualitative and quantitative tolerance levels, cascade them into operations and link them to strategy. The programme draws on examples from JSE listed groups, state owned entities and mutual insurers where appetite statements have shaped capital and investment choices.

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What you will be able to do

  • Define the difference between risk appetite, tolerance and capacity for your organisation.
  • Draft board approved risk appetite statements for strategic and operational risk categories.
  • Set measurable tolerance thresholds and early warning indicators for key risks.
  • Cascade appetite into divisional targets, delegations and decision rules.
  • Monitor breaches and design escalation routes to the risk committee and board.
  • Review and recalibrate the framework as strategy and the operating environment change.

Course outline

  1. 01Appetite, Tolerance and Capacity Explained
  2. 02Linking Appetite to Strategy and Capital
  3. 03Drafting Board Level Appetite Statements
  4. 04Setting Quantitative Tolerance Thresholds
  5. 05Key Risk Indicators and Early Warnings
  6. 06Cascading Appetite into Operations
  7. 07Breach Escalation and Board Reporting
  8. 08Reviewing and Recalibrating the Framework

Who should attend

Chief risk officers, risk managers, strategy leads, finance executives and board risk committee members responsible for setting and monitoring risk boundaries.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
14 to 16 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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