Canada · Chief Risk Office · Banking

Aayush
Saxena.

Risk & regulatory executive leading BFSI risk, compliance and governance within the TCS Chief Risk Office.
Canada Region Head — BFSI Risk, Compliance & Governance | Financial & Non-Financial Risk | Regulatory Compliance | P&L Governance
21Years international leadership
CAD $100M+Annual pipeline
450+Risk professionals
20+Risk programs
01 · Executive Profile

Risk leadership with a global banking lens.

A senior risk executive with international leadership across Canada, the US, the UK and the Middle East.

As Canada Region Head within the TCS BFSI Chief Risk Office, Aayush shapes go-to-market strategy, leads delivery and drives regional growth across a CAD $100M+ pipeline, contributing to $250M in revenue through 450+ risk professionals.

His expertise spans Enterprise Risk Management, Non-Financial and Operational Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Controls Assurance and Financial Crime Oversight across the Three Lines of Defence.

He advises CROs, CCOs and CIOs on regulatory change, risk operating-model transformation and technology-enabled controls for leading financial institutions.

“Translate complex regulatory expectations into practical risk governance, stronger controls and better executive decisions.”
02 · Executive Competencies

Where risk meets execution.

Core capabilities drawn from the relevant regional CV.

01

Risk Governance & ERM

Enterprise & Non-Financial Risk, Risk Appetite Frameworks, KRIs and Board/CRO reporting.

02

Regulatory Compliance

OSFI B-10, B-13, E-23, FINTRAC, FATF, Bank Act and CAP remediation.

03

Controls Assurance

Three Lines governance, control design, OE testing, RCSA/PRCSA, issue management and continuous monitoring.

04

Emerging Risk & Analytics

AI/GenAI governance, model validation, fraud surveillance, AML/KYC and technology-enabled risk.

03 · Leadership Impact

Scale, transformation and measurable outcomes.

Selected metrics and outcomes supported by the master CVs.

CAD $100M+Annual operating pipeline across 20+ Canadian banking programs.
USD $20BDaily transaction value managed in global payments operations at 99.98% accuracy.
65 → 95%Straight-Through Processing improvement through digital capture, OCR and workflow automation.
200+Risk, payments and consulting professionals led across international operations.
250+Enterprise standards, policies and procedures gap-analysed against regulatory expectations.
10,000/dayTransactions led for the UAE’s largest bank, worth over a billion dirham daily.
04 · Career

21 years across global banking and risk.

The career timeline intentionally uses the Canada master CV as the primary factual source, while the GCC view adds regional positioning where relevant.

2022 — Present · Toronto, Canada

Canada Region Head — BFSI Risk, Compliance & Governance

Tata Consultancy Services · TCS Chief Risk Office

Directs the Canadian risk & regulatory practice for Canada’s Big Five banks, with multi-disciplinary leadership across Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Cyber/Technology Risk and Financial Crime, with P&L accountability for a CAD $100M annual pipeline across 20+ programs.

2021 — 2022 · Canada & India

Assistant General Manager — Domain Consultant

TCS Chief Risk Office

Led a multi-million-dollar “Path to Green” remediation engagement, including controls redesign, operating-effectiveness testing, issue management and audit readiness; also gap-analysed 250+ enterprise standards and established Three Lines delivery frameworks for Canada.

2015 — 2021 · UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & India

Senior Manager — Global Payments, Financial Crime & Risk

Tata Consultancy Services

Led a 200+ member cross-geographical consulting organisation delivering payments, operational risk, internal controls and financial crime solutions; directed AML/KYC/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions and risk programs across GCC regulatory environments.

2008 — 2015 · UK & India

Team Manager — Global Payments, Sanctions Screening & Risk

Barclays Bank

Held 1LoD/2LoD accountability for high-value wholesale payments, sanctions screening and fraud surveillance; led 70+ professionals processing ~40,000 daily SWIFT, CHAPS and EURO1 transactions and site migrations with zero operational disruption.

05 · Recognition & Credentials

Recognised for leadership, delivery and risk excellence.

Selected recognition and credentials from the master CVs.

Star Award for Leadership ExcellenceTCS · 2024
SPOT Award for Risk DeliveryTCS · 2020
Client Service & Delivery ExcellenceTCS · 2018
Barclays Values Award — Excellence2015
Barclays Values Award — Stewardship2014
SPOT Award for Audit Excellence2013
Best BCM AwardBarclays · 2013
Annual Red-Carpet AwardBarclays · 2011

Education & professional credentials

MBA — Sikkim Manipal University · 2020BCA — Jamia Hamdard University · 2008 ACAMS MemberLean Six Sigma Green BeltPMI MemberITIL 4 FoundationProfessional Scrum Master (PSM I)Agile Practitioner
06 · Connect

Open to conversations on Canadian banking risk, regulatory transformation and CRO priorities.

For professional conversations, collaboration and industry perspectives, connect with Aayush on LinkedIn.