AI Governance & Operational Risk · GCC Banking
Governing AI in banking requires more than a framework.
25 years in operational risk across Lehman Brothers, Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, and Bank ABC. Now focused on the governance gap between what AI systems produce and what banks can defend — built from firsthand experience, not theory.
Background
Group Head of Operational Risk at Bank ABC, Bahrain. CBB approved person. Over two decades managing operational risk through the 2008 crisis at Lehman Brothers Tokyo, through rapid growth at Standard Chartered Singapore, and through digital transformation at JP Morgan Tokyo.
Presenter at OpRisk Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong) and Risk Australia.
Current focus: the accountability gap in agentic AI — the space between what multi-agent systems produce and what Three Lines governance frameworks can actually attribute, audit, and defend.
Building practitioner-grade tools and frameworks for GCC banks navigating the Bahrain AI Regulation Law, UAE Central Bank guidance, and emerging regional AI governance requirements.
Tools
Live · Open Source
RegMonitor
Multi-agent regulatory monitoring system. Tracks CBB, CBUAE, and GCC regulator publications, classifies by risk domain, and runs a four-role gap-analysis chain against policy documents — with a validator designed to catch what the chain misses.
Coming Soon
RCSA Builder
AI-assisted Risk and Control Self-Assessment tool for operational risk teams. Generates structured RCSAs from risk descriptions, maps controls to regulatory obligations, and flags coverage gaps.
Writing
Speaking
MEBIS 2026 — Panelist
From AI Assistants to AI Agents: Is Autonomous Banking Becoming Reality? — on the accountability gap, GCC regulatory leapfrog opportunity, and agentic AI through the Three Lines of Defense.
OpRisk Asia · Risk Australia
Operational risk management, non-financial risk transformation, and emerging risk in financial services.