Satvinder Saini

Classified as Confidential Satvinder Saini Areas of expertise: Senior Enterprise Risk and Controls Leader with 10+ years’ experience designing and embedding pragmatic risk, controls and governance frameworks in complex, fast-moving organisations. Proven track record of working with executive teams and boards to identify material risks, strengthen controls, and support growth, resilience and decision-making across operational, technology, people and third-party risk. Key Achievements:  Designed and implemented an enterprise-wide risk management framework aligned to business strategy, materially improving risk visibility and decision-making at executive and board level.  Delivered multi-million cost and efficiency benefits by optimising asset usage, controls and operational processes.  Led large-scale operational change initiatives, including global process transitions, improving resilience, control effectiveness and service delivery. Core Capabilities  Enterprise and Operational Risk Management  Controls Framework Design and Testing  Board & Executive Risk Reporting  Crisis and Incident Management  Business Continuity and Resilience  Technology, Data and Third-Party Risk  Risk Culture, Training and Change Career Progression Freelance AI Model Quality Testing, Risk & Evaluation (Project Based) December 2025 - Present Independent / Contract  Performed structured testing of AI models focusing on quality, consistency, outcome risk and control effectiveness.  Applied enterprise risk principles to emerging technology, including data quality, bias considerations and model governance.  Experience complements broader background in operational risk, controls and governance. Enterprise Risk Manager (Enhanced Role) March 2022 – December 2025 LGPS Central Ltd (Asset Manager - Wolverhampton) Key Responsibilities:  In addition to prior responsibilities, appointed as a voting member of the Operations, Risk, Compliance and Administration Committee (ORCA) — the most junior member among a group comprising C-suite executives and departmental heads. This appointment reflects the organisation’s trust in my subject matter expertise and ability to influence senior-level decision-making. I also assumed responsibility for departmental budget sign-offs and approvals. Enterprise Risk Manager December 2020 – March 2022 LGPS Central Ltd (Asset Manager - Wolverhampton) Key Responsibilities:  Led the design and implementation of an enterprise risk and controls framework covering operational, technology, thirdparty, change, data and people risk.  Worked closely with executive leadership and board committees to provide clear, decision-focused risk reporting and challenge.  Owned risk registers, incident management, root cause analysis and remediation planning across multiple business functions.  Supported major organisational change initiatives by embedding risk and controls into delivery and operational workflows.  Developed risk dashboards and management information to track control effectiveness and emerging risks. Classified as Confidential    Delivered organisation-wide risk training and supported leaders in building a practical, no-blame risk culture. Deputised for the Chief Risk Officer and supported senior governance forums, including budget oversight and approvals. Sector-specific regulatory requirements were applied proportionately, with a focus on business resilience and outcomes rather than compliance overhead. Key Achievements:  Successfully implemented new risk frameworks and policies.  Improved risk awareness and decision-making across the organisation.  Streamlined incident reporting and management processes.  Ensured compliance with key regulatory requirements.  Developed a highly skilled and knowledgeable team. AVP (CIO Finance & Corp Services (Procurement & Real Estate – Audit, Reg, Risk & Control) November 2016 – December 2020 Deutsche Bank (Investment Bank – Birmingham / Frankfurt) Key Responsibilities:  Manage and coordinate audit action plans: Ensure timely completion, liaise with owners, auditors, and regulators.  Process improvement: Design workflows that enhance profitability, meet regulations, and reduce risk.  Risk and control expertise: Challenge existing programs, design new ones, implement transparent reporting.  Independent reviews: Lead reviews, identify root causes, develop remediation plans, engage business lines.  Remediation guidance: Advise business lines on sustainable risk remediation for weaknesses, errors, and external events.  Communication and engagement: Build and maintain relationships with other risk & control functions, prepare reports and lead meetings.  Conflict resolution: Identify, escalate, and manage conflicting situations while remaining objective.  Control assessment: Lead and review assessments to identify and remediate control weaknesses.  Project reporting: Report on infrastructure and change management projects, risks, and status updates to senior management.  Subject matter expertise: Provide expert advice on audit subjects and have final say on audit points.  Team leadership: Foster a motivating environment for team members and stakeholders. Assistant Vice President (EMIR Delegated Reporting) Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Investment Bank - Chester) August 2015 – November 2016 Regulatory, Risk and Control (Collateral Management Europe) Deutsche Bank (Investment Bank - Birmingham) February 2013 – August 2015 Associate – Asset Management (Collateral Management) Deutsche Bank (Investment Bank – Birmingham / London / Bangalore) April 2011 – February 2013 Margin Manager (Collateral Management) Deutsche Bank (Investment Bank - Birmingham) February 2009 – April 2011 Memberships Local Authority School Governor Short Heath Federation Business & Enterprise Risk Committee member The Investment Association AGRC Professional (PAGRC) (2024) The Association of Governance, Risk and Compliance. Educational Qualifications June 2024 – Current November 2021 – December 2024 Classified as Confidential Diploma in Governance, Risk & Compliance (2024) The Association of Governance, Risk and Compliance Cybersecurity Awareness (2024) The London Governance and Compliance Academy BA (Hons) Finance - (2000) Birmingham City University