Global Banking Program
Global Banking Program
Global Banking Program
Program Overview 4
Program Calendar 5
Program Curriculum 7
Group Project 8
Program Benefits 9
Alumni Benefits 11
Participant Profile 12
Application Process 20
The banking and financial sectors are witnessing profound changes driven by innovations in
technology, regulatory reforms, disruptive business models, and rising expectations from
digitally empowered consumers. Disruptive business models are affecting many areas of
consumer financial services, such as mobile payments, cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange,
marketplace (online) lending, saving and investing, financial consulting (robo-advisers), and
health and life insurance.
It's imperative that leaders in these sectors understand and embrace these changes to
continue thriving in this new landscape.
The Global Banking Program from Columbia Business School Executive Education provides
executives with the fundamentals of banking and finance and a comprehensive understanding
of global markets, strategic management, fintech, digital transformation, and customer
strategy. The program is designed to help participants better understand the economic and
technological forces driving disruption and leverage them responsibly.
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Faculty and Months of
Topics
Practitioners Learning
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Classroom Capstone
Immersions Project
Project check-in
Project Work
June–July 2023 Online
Project check-in
Project Work
September–October 2023 Online
—Antonina Kayitesi
Head of Financial Management, Trade and Development Bank, Nairobi,
Kenya Division
Fintech
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Group Project
A key aspect of the Global Banking Program’s learning journey is the group project.
Participants will be assigned to small groups to solve a business problem by applying
concepts and tools learned in the online, live online, and on-campus sessions.
The project can be a real-world problem that one person in the group is facing in their
organization, or it can also be a new business idea that a group member is developing.
This project will enable program participants to effectively tackle real-world business
problems by applying the tools, frameworks, and lessons learned in the program.
Project Schedule
Module 1: Group Project Introduction | Group Formations | Problem Submissions
Module 2: Project Work
Module 3: Final Presentations
Problem Definition
Problem Structuring
Recommendations Development
— Tara Foley
Chief Operating Officer, Risk Division
Lloyds Banking Group, UK
The goal of this program is to prepare talented leaders to take on larger and more critical roles
within the banking, financial services, fintech, and consulting industries. Participants might
come from large or medium-sized organizations as well as startups. All the key elements of the
program experience—the professors, content, peer interactions, and application exercises—
are designed specifically for executives with:
Organizing to Innovate
While it’s important for an organization to execute a strategy, there also must be space
to invent. In the Global Banking Program classroom, we meet with thought leaders to discuss
strategic innovation. We also examine innovation up close, allowing participants to practice
leadership and interaction patterns that encourage new ideas.
The Global Banking Program participant mix reflects diversity across functions, industries,
backgrounds, companies, and life experiences.
FUNCTIONS
Finance 19%
Technology Management 9%
Consulting 7%
Operations 5%
Others 13%
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Average years of Number of companies
work experience represented
GEOGRAPHIES
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"Some of the key benefits of the program are the peers
and the network you establish—diverse backgrounds,
truly international, and from different industries. The
other benefits are the faculty and the depth of
knowledge we could tap into. There are many things
that I could take away to implement or consider."
—Fadi Chalouhi
Group General Manager for Retail Banking at a Major
Global Bank, Kuwait
Suresh Sundaresan
Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor of Financial Institutions,
Columbia University
Suresh Sundaresan has published in the areas of treasury auctions, bidding, default risk,
habit formation, term structure of interest rates, asset pricing, investment theory, pension
asset allocation, swaps, options, forwards, futures, fixed-income securities markets, and
risk management.
He worked as a senior strategist at Lehman Brothers in its fixed income division during
1986–1987. He consulted full time for Morgan Stanley Asset Management during
2000–2001. Currently, his consulting work focuses on term structure models, swap
pricing models, credit risk models, valuation, and risk
management. He has conducted training programs for
leading investment banks, including Goldman Sachs,
Morgan Stanley, CSFB, and Lehman Brothers.
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Certificate in Business Excellence
Upon completion of the Global Banking Program: Fintech | Digital | Analytics, participants will
be awarded the Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia Business School Executive
Education. The certificate is a recognition of their achievement and the investment they and
their organization have made in their education and development.
Round 1 Round 2
February 7, 2023 | Fee: US$200 March 8, 2023 | Fee: US$200
Round 3 Round 4
April 5, 2023 | Fee: US$300 May 2, 2023 | Fee: US$300
Admitted participants will be required to pay 20 percent of the program fee within 10 days of
their admission to confirm their seat. Please note that if a candidate is admitted and accepts
the admission, the application fee will be credited toward the program fee.
Please note that admissions to the program are evaluated on a rolling basis. We strongly
recommend that interested participants apply early. The second and third modules of the
program take place in the United States. For those applicants who need a visa to travel to
the United States, it is recommended that you apply by the early application deadline to
allow sufficient time for your visa processing formalities.
Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of King George II
of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth
oldest in the United States. After the American Revolution, King’s College briefly became a
state entity and was renamed Columbia College in 1784.
Columbia administers the Pulitzer Prizes annually. 84 Nobel laureates have been affiliated
with the University as students, faculty, or staff—the second most of any institution in the
world. Columbia is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American
Universities and was the first school in the United States to grant the MD degree. Today, the
University operates Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai,
Nairobi, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, and Tunis.
Notable alumni and former students of the University and its predecessor, King’s College,
include:
Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University. It was established
in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and
graduate Columbia University students. It is one of six Ivy League business schools, and its
admission process is among the most selective of top business schools.
Columbia Business School is one of the world’s leading business schools and prides itself
on its excellent faculty, who provide students with superior knowledge and thought
leadership across divisions and disciplines. Its location in New York City and strong ties to
industries offer students access to top business minds, and the diverse community spans
sectors and nations, making an impact in small startups as well as established industries.
Columbia Business School is perhaps best known for value investing and the seminal work
completed in that area by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. It is affiliated with
13 winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, including former professor Robert Mundell and
current professors Joseph Stiglitz and Edmund Phelps—more than any other business
school in the United States. The school has an international emphasis, and many alumni
have achieved distinction in the public as well as the private sector.
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