Gaurav Tripathi

About Gaurav Tripathi

Highly competent, dynamic and result-oriented professional with extensive well-rounded experience in Financial Markets, Investment Banking and Consulting domain. Have led multiple initiatives across three lines of defense and worked closely with Executives to strategize and execute internal strategies and partner with them to address Enterprise Risk Management, Issues, Risk & Control feedback, Audit findings and remediate regulator identified issues. Strong risk mindset with an eye for details and ability to forge relationships of trust with key stakeholders (Business Partners, Risk and Control Executives) and provide a business centric view. Experience in managing teams and ability to succeed within a matrix environment by building partnerships and trusted advisor relationship. Prior responsibilities have included leading audit assignments, performing risk assessments and continuous monitoring of Credit, Liquidity, Market, Operational, Compliance, Reputational & Conduct Risk. Throughout my career, I have come out with innovative ideas helping various functions transform to a high-performance culture and have delivered smarter risk and control solutions, auditing through Data Analytics and Data Science methodologies. My core area of expertise is Financial Products, Capital Markets, Investment Management, Valuation Control, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Risk Reporting to Board & Committees. I have worked in areas like Dodd-Frank Act, Volcker Rule, Market Abuse & Trade Surveillance, EMIR, MiFID II, SOX 404 Compliance, Investment Compliance Monitoring, Operational Risk and have served clients from across the globe.

Experience

1. Director

   American Express

   Feb 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   I head the Frontline Risk & Controls (LoD1) team in India supporting Finance in identifying, assessing, mitigating, and reporting on Operational, Compliance and Model risks. My team identifies areas of high-risk for intervention and work closely with Finance leaders to support and implement the ongoing transformation efforts of our Enterprise Risk Operating Model.

Education

• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

  MBA

  2009 — 2011

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  PG Level Advanced Certification Program

  2022 — 2023

• Manipal Institute of Technology

  BE

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Business Analytics
• Financial Analysis
• Market Entry
• Requirements Gathering
• Financial Risk
• Business Intelligence
• Pre-Sales
• Process Consulting
• IT Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Services
• Financial Modeling
• Business Transformation
• Corporate Finance
• Business Development