Chief Investment Officer ProgramNEW

Date(s)
December 10, 2024–October 14, 2025
Cost
$22,000
CIBE Credits
18
Format
In-Person, Online, Live Online
Location
Blended
Requirements
Participants should have a minimum of ten years of work experience in finance and fluency in written and spoken English
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Chief Investment Officer Program


Date(s)
December 10, 2024–October 14, 2025
Cost
$22,000
CIBE Credits
18
Format
In-Person, Online, Live Online
Location
Blended

Overview

is the estimated size of assets to be managed by outsourced CIOs in 16 years, growing from US$90 billion.
US$3 trillion
of CIOs say poor investment governance frameworks may result in a more than 1 percent negative impact on annual investment returns.
68%

Highlights

Program Structure

Comprehensive Curriculum 

The Chief Investment Officer Program offers senior investment leaders a dynamic experience with online sessions, expert lectures, and practical activities. It combines a cutting-edge curriculum, case studies, and a capstone project to enhance investment acumen and leadership skills. It concludes with an optional two-day on-campus networking event in New York City, connecting you with Columbia Business School faculty and global peers.

Core Modules: Online | 18 Weeks

Phase 1: Investment Strategy (6 Weeks)

Develop a comprehensive understanding of active investing and capital markets, enhancing your foundational investment strategies and knowledge. Session topics include:

  • Defining Investment Objectives: Risk, Return, Liquidity, Time Horizons in Evolving Dynamics
  • Measuring and Evaluating Investment Risks
  • Evaluation of Investment Strategies
  • Evaluation of Internal and External Managers
  • Market Efficiency and Behavioral Finance
  • Market Forecasting and Harnessing Big Data, AI, and Predictive Analytics in Asset Management

Phase 2: Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management (6 Weeks)

Deepen your understanding of practical portfolio construction and diversification across asset classes. Session topics include:

  • Accounting Principles for Chief Investment Officers
  • Value Investing Framework
  •  Portfolio Considerations
  •  Practical Portfolio Construction
  •  Alternative Asset Classes
  •  Real Estate

Phase 3: Chief Investment Officer as a Strategic Leader (6 Weeks)
Enhance your leadership skills to drive strategic decisions, foster ethical environments, and achieve organizational impact. Session topics include:

  • Future-Oriented Leadership: Leadership in the Face of Disruption and Transformation
  • Principled Leadership: The Art of Influencing with Ethics
  • Situational Dynamics: Influencing with and without Authority
  • Organizational Dynamics: Leverage Organization Structure to Create a Culture of Belonging
  • Performance Excellence: Creating and Leading with High-Impact Teams
  • Strategic Executive: Connecting Vision to Strategy to Implementation for Impact

Live Online Sessions
You will take part in a series of live online workshops led by Columbia Business School Faculty, applying learnings from core modules. These sessions will enable you to stay updated with the latest industry trends and receive guidance from experienced faculty. Insights from guest speakers, including leading CFOs, CMOs, VCs, and PE professionals, will offer actionable strategies for career success. This approach blends theoretical knowledge with practical skills, preparing you for effective implementation in your roles.


Open-Enrollment Elective: In Person | Three, Four, or Five Days
You will choose one in-person open-enrollment elective to deepen your expertise in a specific area of interest, further unraveling the complexities of your chosen specialization. Held in New York City, the world's financial capital, the electives are designed to provide an immersive learning experience and enhance your understanding of diverse financial and strategic management areas. They will position you as an advanced strategist poised to thrive in an increasingly complex and volatile market environment and lead with confidence. Additionally, you will benefit from invaluable networking opportunities with your cohort peers.
A list of select current availabilities is below:

  • Advanced Value Investing
  • AI-Driven Marketing Strategy: Leveraging New Technologies to Cultivate Enduring Customer Relationships
  • Behavioral Science in Business: Understanding People to Drive Results
  • Business and Climate: The Journey to Net Zero
  • Growing and Managing Global Customers
  • High-Impact Leadership – Dubai
  • Leading in a Data-Driven World: Developing Quantitative Intuition™
  • M&A and Corporate Strategy
  • Strategy and Leadership in the Future of Work
  • The Business of AI: Shaping the Future of Business with Generative AI
  • The Strategic Leader Program: How to Excel as Your Responsibility Increases
  • Think Bigger: Start Choosing Innovative Solutions
  • Value Investing
  • Women in Leadership: Next Level Success

Note: While Columbia Business School Executive Education will attempt to accommodate participant preference selections, we cannot guarantee that all preferences will be granted due to the high demand for our open-enrollment programs. Electives are subject to change.

Capstone Project

The capstone project is an immersive, team-based exercise where participants create an investment policy statement (IPS) for an organization such as a pension fund or insurance company. This project mirrors real investment practices and consists of three interconnected parts, each building on the previous and fostering collaboration and practical application.

Section 1: Defining Objectives
Establish the foundational objectives and parameters to guide all portfolio decisions.


Section 2: Portfolio Implementation
Develop and apply a comprehensive investment strategy, including asset allocation and risk management.


Section 3: Governance and Leadership
Create governance frameworks and ethical standards to support effective team development and decision-making.

Participant Profile

Impact

Faculty

Harry Mamaysky

Harry Mamaysky

Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business

Faculty Director
Modupe Akinola

Modupe Akinola

Associate Professor of Management, Columbia Business School
Director of the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics

Contributing Faculty
Adam Galinsky

Adam Galinsky

Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Columbia Business School

Contributing Faculty
Doron Nissim, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting & Finance at Columbia Business School Executive Education

Doron Nissim

Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting & Finance

Contributing Faculty
Tomasz Piskorski

Tomasz Piskorski

Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School

Contributing Faculty
Tano Santos-Robert Heilbrunn - Professor of Asset Management and Finance at Columbia Business School Executive Education and Director of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing

Tano Santos

Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance
Director of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing

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