A Compliance Leader at the Intersection of Risk, Data, and AI
Arun Maheshwari is a senior risk and compliance professional with over 17 years of experience spanning quantitative finance, enterprise model risk management, and financial crime compliance. He currently serves as Head of Model Risk Control for Legal and Compliance at a global financial institution, where he provides enterprise-wide governance, oversight, and performance monitoring for high-impact compliance models, including AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer risk rating, and trade surveillance systems.
In this role, Arun leads the design and execution of model risk frameworks covering the full model lifecycle—development standards, independent validation, production monitoring, change management, and regulatory remediation. His work sits at the intersection of compliance, technology, and data science, with a particular focus on managing complexity, ensuring regulatory defensibility, and scaling advanced analytics, machine learning, and emerging AI capabilities in highly regulated environments.
Arun has extensive experience engaging with regulators, internal audit, and senior management on matters related to AML effectiveness, model governance, and risk management strategy. He has led large, cross-functional teams and advised on the deployment of both rules-based and advanced analytical detection systems across global businesses and jurisdictions. His professional interests include financial crime model governance, lifecycle risk management, explainable AI, and the responsible use of advanced analytics in compliance and surveillance functions.
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