The Royal Bank of Scotland Risk Academy Synopsis Describes how RBS developed a Risk Academy as a learning programme across its global organization, for all functions and staff. Provides a good cutting edge benchmark for internal auditing in all sectors, as it moves into providing risk management advice, guidance and services.

The RBS Risk Academy case study is written by Shari Casey, Head of the Risk Academy, February 2007, and published with permission from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

After Reading the Case Study Consider:

1. How does this learning programme for embedding risk management across an organization compare with your own organization’s learning programmes for risk management?

2. How many hats do internal auditing wear in risk management learning in your organization?

3. How efficient and effective is your organization’s learning risk management programme in its contribution to good corporate governance across your organization and its supply chains?