Vijay Mitra

Vijay Mitra is a Director-level professional with expertise in Transformation Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Fintech industry, specializing in areas such as Digital Innovation, Gen AI risk, Cybersecurity, and customer experience.

With over 20 years of experience in the Financial Services sector, Vijay has worked in various segments including retail banking, wealth management, fund services, investment banking, and digital start-ups, leveraging best practices from each sector.

His experience spans Open Banking, Mobile Banking, Payments, Crypto, Cloud solutions, Digital Banking, Conduct Risk, Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Responsible AI Risk, among others.

Vijay is well-versed in Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risk, Compliance risk areas such as Consumer Duty, Cross-border transactions, Customer Due Diligence, PSD2, GDPR, SMF24, BA8, and BA18 regulations. He has engaged with regulatory bodies like FCA, PRA in the UK, and Central Banks in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Malta, Greece, and Bermuda.

Extensively experienced in advising and mentoring start-ups, Fintech companies, and talent, Vijay is keen to support businesses seeking expertise in roles such as COO, Digital, or risk & control.

His specialties include Digital Risk, Information Security, Operational Resilience, Governance, Third-party Risk, Data Privacy, Enterprise Risk Management, Cyber Security, Process Improvement, Project Governance, Six Sigma, Disaster Recovery, Change Management, Incident Management, Programme Management, and Conduct Risk.

Vijay Mitra holds an MBA in Business Management from Middlesex University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

His professional journey includes roles at organizations like Nationwide Building Society, HSBC, Sutton Counselling, and various positions at Merrill Lynch and Tata Consultancy Services Limited.

He is open to Probono Non-Executive Director and Advisory roles in addition to his current professional engagements.