Chief Investment Officer Program
Develop the Strategic Perspective of a Chief Investment Officer
Every SDA Bocconi program is designed to help managers, professionals and teams build skills they can apply immediately, to advance both their own growth and that of their organizations. In this program, you will work with topics, tools and approaches designed to address the challenges you face in your professional context. This program will enable you to:
- Develop the strategic perspective required to grow into and perform at Chief Investment Officer level
- Strengthen your ability to make strategic investment decisions across asset classes and market cycles
- Enhance your investment governance and leadership capabilities in a rapidly evolving global environment
- Integrate portfolio construction, risk management, sustainability and Artificial Intelligence into the investment decision-making process
- Communicate investment strategies effectively with senior stakeholders and boards
- Apply the program to your own portfolio or mandate through an individual investment blueprint, developed across the modules
Is this program right for you?
Every SDA Bocconi program is designed to help managers, professionals and teams build skills they can apply immediately, to advance both their own growth and that of their organizations. In this program, you will work with topics, tools and approaches designed to address the challenges you face in your professional context. This program will enable you to:
- Develop the strategic perspective required to grow into and perform at Chief Investment Officer level
- Strengthen your ability to make strategic investment decisions across asset classes and market cycles
- Enhance your investment governance and leadership capabilities in a rapidly evolving global environment
- Integrate portfolio construction, risk management, sustainability and Artificial Intelligence into the investment decision-making process
- Communicate investment strategies effectively with senior stakeholders and boards
- Apply the program to your own portfolio or mandate through an individual investment blueprint, developed across the modules
Connect with our advisors
Learning is never linear. It takes shape over time, combining specific learning needs with practical tools matched to your own challenges.
Talk to our team of Program Advisors to identify the path that best fits your goals and find out how to build a broader development plan through the SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate.
Get in touch with Patrizia Trivellato
SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate
Your initial conversation with our Program Advisors helps shape your path, clarifying your goals and participation options. It is also the required first step toward earning the Executive Education Certificate.
The SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate is the formal recognition awarded upon completion of a learning plan designed around your managerial needs. With the Certificate, every program you attend becomes part of a broader design, built on your growth objectives.
What you will learn
The program consists of 11 days totaling 88 equivalent hours and is built on 5 pillars:
How you will learn
Lectures
A key learning method that encourages continuous interaction with Faculty and peers.
Webinars
Live online sessions specifically designed to optimize the remote learning experience.
Business Cases
Real business situations that enable participants to explore specific managerial challenges by analyzing strategic decisions and the growth path of an organization.
Guest Speakers
Opportunities to exchange ideas and perspectives with managers and entrepreneurs, gaining first-hand insights into business challenges and leadership experiences. Sessions may take place either in the classroom or at the guest company's premises.
Action plan
An individual development plan that builds on the knowledge acquired during the program to define a roadmap detailing actions, required resources and timelines.
Program direction & faculty
- Gennaro De NovellisDirectorArea: FinanceResearch domains: Audit & Risk Management
- Michele CalcaterraDirectorArea: FinanceResearch domains: Corporate Finance
- Alfredo BiffiArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Project Management
- Paola CastelliArea: FinanceResearch domains: Insurance
- Emilia PaolinoArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
- Elena CoffettiArea: Economics, Politics and Decision SciencesResearch domains: Decision Analysis
With us, the program becomes reality
The Program Management team supports participants from enrollment through to the end of the program, coordinating and managing every organizational aspect.
SDA Bocconi Campus - Milano
Information
Location
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Via Sarfatti 10, 20136 Milano.By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a Certificate of Participation and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Fees
€ 12.000 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT.
Early Bird
A 10% reduction on the program fees offered to applications sent in by 6 August 2027.
Contacts
Program Advisor
Patrizia Trivellato
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
patrizia.trivellato@sdabocconi.it
Special payment terms
Bocconi Alumni
Bocconi Alumni are entitled to a 20% reduction on participation fees. To take advantage of the discount, please enter your Alumnus status when registering by indicating “ALUMNI 20” in the notes section. Remember that without this indication, the discount will not be applicable.
Women are good for business
To foster and contribute to women’s professional development, SDA Bocconi School of Management offers them until 8 March 2028 a 20% discount on the participation fee for all Executive Open Programs and Executive Online Programs.
Multiple enrollments
Companies, institutions and public bodies that enroll at least 3 participants in a single program are granted a 20% discount for each registration fee. The concession is not applicable for personal enrollment and must be formalized by the start date of the course.
Corporate education programs
In the case of learning needs involving several resources of the same company enrolled in more than one program, it is possible to define a customized plan from the specific needs of the organization. In this case, our Program Advisors are available to build with the client organizations ad hoc training plans with special pricing.
Partnerships and channel agreements
SDA Bocconi offers the possibility to initiate collaborations that allow them to expand the portfolio of educational trainings to be offered to their members. In this case, the School is available to evaluate partnerships and channel agreements so as to respond in a timely manner to the specific needs of the organization.
By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Additional benefits
Certification of competencies
Issued upon completion of a voluntary assessment, it is designed to assess your competencies and strengthen your professional profile.
Bocconi Alumni Community
After completing the Executive Education Certificate, you will become part of the Bocconi Alumni Community, a global network of more than 150,000 alumni worldwide connected by the Bocconi experience.
This international community creates opportunities, opens new perspectives and brings together people who share ambition, a sense of belonging and the desire to make a lasting impact.
The brochure walks you through the program and the SDA Bocconi experience. Inside you'll find:
The full calendar
The application process
Participant stories
The campus experience
