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ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance

Course Overview

Sharpen your strategic skills so you’re equipped to hold the most senior compliance positions.

Join hundreds of senior compliance professionals from all over the world who have taken the step to become an inspirational leader.

  • Specialist knowledge – achieve the highest level in the field
  • Strategic thinking – realise your leadership ambitions
  • Innovation – explore new ideas, best practice, and future developments from a global perspective
  • Fellowship of ICA – become automatically eligible for the highest grade of membership, which will be complimentary for the first year
  • Networking – grow with other like-minded, senior professionals

Course Content

  • Building the culture for effective GRC
  • The impact of behavioural science upon financial crime prevention strategy
  • Strategic risk management for leaders
  • Regulatory risk evolution: what’s next?
  • Creating, embedding and maintaining an effective ESG strategy
  • Strategic oversight of data management and security
  • Communication in leadership
  • Cybersecurity: what leaders need to know

Covered through a mix of guided online study and attendance at live virtual classrooms:

  • Eight masterclasses over four weekends.
  • Four group tutorials that give the opportunity to reflect, interpret and apply the knowledge from the masterclasses.
  • Five virtual classrooms spread over the duration of the course, designed to introduce you to the course and support you with the assessment process.

Benefits

Boost your professional profile by gaining an internationally recognised qualification awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester

Prerequisites

This is an executive-level programme suitable for:

  • Heads of compliance/governance/risk
  • Company directors/board members
  • Compliance managers and senior GRC staff
  • Senior risk and audit staff
  • Company secretaries
  • Accountants
  • Legal practitioners
  • Regulatory representatives

To be eligible, you must have at least three years' experience in a senior management role OR one year in a senior management role and at least ten years’ overall career experience in compliance.

Holders of an ICA Diploma may be allowed some discretion against this entry criteria. For example, if you have some experience carrying out senior management activities, we can consider your application.

Your eligibility will be assessed before being accepted onto the course.

The fee for ICA membership will be added separately to your basket when you enrol online for this course.

Assessment

The programme is assessed through the creation of a reflective journal consisting of eight masterclass commentaries (1,000–1,500 words) and a competency-based interview.

Next Steps

Whilst the GTA facilitates the training for ICA qualifications, you need to enrol online directly with the ICA. When you reach this page the ‘Enrol now’ button is at the top right of the page


Course Details

Price

£8500.00

Length

A mix of guided online study and attendance at live virtual classrooms over a 12 month period

Upcoming Course Start Dates: 13 April 2026 and 17 August 2026.

Please visit the ICA website to find out more.

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Course Tutor

The International Compliance Association (ICA)

The International Compliance Association (ICA) is the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. It is also the provider of internationally recognised, professional, certificated qualifications in anti-money laundering; governance, risk and compliance and financial crime prevention. Being a member of the ICA, a global community, is a mark of prestige and shows that you have reached a standard of excellence in your professional career.

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