Behavioural Risk Management – as a key audit approach
24th November, 2026 | 09:00 - 12:30 CET
Objective
Most major governance failures are not caused by missing controls, but by how people behave under pressure, incentives, and organizational silence. This seminar introduces Behavioral Risk Analytics as a structured approach for making the human dimension of risk observable, measurable, and auditable. Participants will learn how behavioral drivers, leadership tone, psychological safety, and incentive systems influence decisions and control effectiveness. The seminar explains how Behavioral Risk Indicators can complement traditional Key Risk Indicators by identifying conditions for failure before an incident occurs. It also demonstrates how behavioral analysis can be integrated into audit planning, fieldwork, root cause analysis, and Board reporting. Practical cases and an implementation roadmap help participants transfer the approach to their own organizations.
Agenda
• Why traditional control testing often fails to identify behavioral risk
• Behavioral Risk Analytics, Behavioral Risk Indicators, and maturity models
• Integrating behavioral analysis across the Internal Audit lifecycle
• Lessons from major international corporate failures
• Behavioral Risk Dashboards, AI, and practical implementation
Trainer
Torben Hilbertz is an international Board Member, Chair of several Audit Committees, and an experienced Governance, Risk, Finance, and Internal Audit leader with close to 30 years of international experience across Europe and the Middle East.
He currently serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of a publicly listed healthcare group, chairs the Audit Committees of two leading FinTech entities, and is an Audit Committee Member of a growing airline.
Previously, Torben held senior Internal Audit leadership positions at SWISS International Air Lines, Abu Dhabi Airports, and Abu Dhabi Health Services Company. He has built and transformed Internal Audit, governance, and risk management functions across aviation, healthcare, financial services, logistics, and international corporate groups.
He began his career with Arthur Andersen and combines extensive Board and executive experience with deep expertise in Corporate Governance, Behavioral Risk Management, data analytics, and the future development of Internal Audit. Torben holds the CIA, CFE, and CC professional certifications.
