AI training is everywhere right now. Firms are spending huge sums on Copilot, prompt engineering, workflow automation and AI productivity programmes.

The problem is that too much of it is being bought in a rush.

A course title sounds right. A provider sounds credible. A demo looks impressive. Everyone leaves knowing a few prompts. Then, three weeks later, behaviour has barely changed.

Alumno Consulting helps financial services firms avoid that trap.

We design and deliver AI training that is practical, engaging, industry-specific and focused on long-term behaviour change. The objective is not simply to teach people what Copilot, ChatGPT or other AI tools can do. The objective is to help them use those tools confidently, safely and repeatedly in the real work they do every day.

That means learning AI in context: financial markets, banking, asset management, risk, regulation, Excel, presentations, client work, research, analysis, meetings and workflow redesign.

With over 30 years of financial services training experience, 80,000+ delegates trained, and experience with 9 of the 10 largest investment banks, we understand both sides of the problem: the technology and the people who need to use it.

Our sessions are interactive, energetic and memorable because that is how learning sticks. AI training should not be generic, passive or forgettable. It should change what people do when they get back to their desks.

If your firm is investing in AI capability, make sure the money turns into changed behaviour, better workflows and measurable confidence, not just another course people attended.

Following fifteen years on the Buyside of the Markets (both Institutional & High Net Worth Private Clients) in London (as a Trader, Analyst, Portfolio Manager & Research Head) the Principal launched the business in 2004 specialising in subject matter areas across the wholesale Financial Markets. It has worked with Asset Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Investment Banks, Exchanges, Clearing Houses, Regulators, Hedge Funds & Fintechs. Training Programs have been designed & delivered both as tailored in-house offerings & also in Public open enrolment formats. Delivery has been undertaken in more than twenty-five countries across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, North & South America & Europe, via in-person & virtual (Zoom, Webex, Adobe Connect) formats.

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