AI, Data & Financial Risk Transformation Leader
Inventor · Author · Industry Evaluator · Speaker · Podcast Guest
Director-level banking technology, data, risk and AI transformation leader with 15+ years across global financial services, leading enterprise regulatory-data, credit-risk and responsible-AI transformation.
Saurabh Kakkar is a senior banking technology, data, risk and transformation professional whose work spans enterprise-scale data platforms, financial regulation, artificial intelligence and responsible technology adoption. His professional body of work includes intellectual property, scholarly authorship, peer review, innovation judging, conference speaking, professional service and industry-media participation.
Director / Program Manager - Basel Data Repository | Jan 2016 - Present
Credit Suisse - financial markets & regulatory transformation
PwC - technology, risk & transformation consulting
Citco Fund Services - financial services & transformation
Ernst & Young - professional services & enterprise transformation
No. 20 2025 106 354.9
Registered October 30, 2025; currently in force; co-owned with Armaan Kakkar. Focused on governed, explainable transaction-data analysis for dynamic credit-risk assessment under European regulatory requirements.
No. 20 2026 100 348.4
Registered February 20, 2026; currently in force; sole owner. Combines ML-based ECL forecasting with explainable analytics, governance and supervisory audit trails.
Published by Notion Press on August 11, 2026 · 298 pages · ISBN-13: 979-8906435248.
Published and available internationally, including the United States, United Kingdom and India.
AI/ML implementation, explainability, governance, Basel/IFRS 9, credit-risk analytics and supervisory auditability.
Research visibility on Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Academia.edu.
International conference and research-program peer-review engagements across AI, engineering, data and related technical fields.
Completed judging across technology and innovation programs, including AI Builders Hackathon.
AISSA 2026 - confirmed Full-Paper Technical Program Committee Member for a Spain-based conference.
Vistas: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies - managing-team review advanced to member-details / onboarding stage on Aug. 28, 2026. Final administrative and public-listing confirmation remains pending.
Keynote / conference speaking engagement.
Professional speaking engagement.
International Conference on Computer Science, Technology and Engineering.
Keynote / professional speaking engagement.
Invitation received; not represented as completed.
Invitation received; not represented as completed.
Guest conversation with Michael Forman. Recording completed; public episode link is pending and will be added after publication.
Additional finance / banking / AI / professional-profile podcast bookings and outreach are active. Future appearances will be listed only after recording or publication is confirmed.
Elevated December 2025.
Elected August 6, 2026 through expert peer review with a 5-0 vote.
Elected 2025.
Professional Risk Managers' International Association.
Confirmed research award.
Credentials in progress: BCS Fellowship and IET Fellowship applications are pending and are not presented as awarded credentials.
For professional collaboration, conference participation, research discussion, technology evaluation, industry commentary and related professional engagements.