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Rao Eswara
GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES EXECUTIVE
BUILDING, GOVERNING, AND SCALING ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS AND EXAM-READY COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AT GLOBAL BANKS, HEDGE FUNDS, PRIVATE EQUITY, RIA’S, BROKER-DEALERS, AND DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT FIRMS
Phone: (786).792.9898
Email: rao.eswara@fs-executive.com
Address: 36 Journal Square, Suite 1602 Jersey City. NJ 07306
Executive Summary
Accomplished financial services executive with 23+ years’ success at Fortune 100 Global Banks, Broker Dealers, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity firms, uniquely qualified for Executive Management roles. Mr. Eswara has consistently delivered transformative results across product innovation, risk management, regulatory compliance, operational excellence leveraging emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Multi-Cloud environments to enhance customer experience and revenue growth while mitigating regulatory risk and reducing costs.
By fostering strategic alliances among legal, operations, IT, and executive leadership, Mr. Eswara has streamlined governance processes, cut compliance deficiencies, and secured investor confidence—evidenced by hundreds of millions in operational loss reductions. Whether designing advanced risk modeling approaches, overseeing critical infrastructure upgrades, or advising on strategic product rollouts, he has aligned innovation with prudent risk management to achieve sustainable, profitable growth.
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Wells Fargo
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EDUCATION
1995-97
Master's Degree
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA
2005-07
MBA - Finance
M.B.A in Finance
Columbia Unviersity, New York, NY
1999-01
Master's Degree
M.S. in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1995-97
Master's Degree
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA
1991-95
Bachelors in Engineering
Bachelors in Engineering
Andhra University, India
EXPERTISE
Hedge Fund & Alternative Investment Governance
Advise hedge funds and alternative investment platforms on operating model design, portfolio risk governance, counterparty oversight, investor protection, and scalable infrastructure that supports complex strategies without compromising control.
Agentic AI, LLM Strategy, AI Model Development & Model Risk Management
Lead the design, governance, and scaled deployment of agentic AI and LLM capabilities across banking workflows. Build exam-ready AI operating models by aligning model development, validation, monitoring, prompt and data governance, human oversight, third-party risk controls, and board-level reporting to enterprise risk, compliance, and resilience standards.
Real-Time Payments Risk, Fraud Controls & Operational Resilience
Designs risk and compliance frameworks for real-time payments, instant payments, fraud prevention, sanctions controls, exception handling, transaction monitoring, and 24/7 operational resilience.
MiCA, Digital Assets & Tokenised Fund Structures
Supports fund managers and platforms at the intersection of traditional funds and digital assets, including MiCA-readiness, crypto exposure, CASP/vendor due diligence, custody and control design, disclosure, distribution and tokenised fund operating models. Helps firms build cross-border digital-asset strategies that are commercially credible and regulator-ready.
Agentic AI, LLM Enablement, AI Model Development & Model Risk Management for Private Equity
Advise private equity firms and portfolio companies on deploying agentic AI, LLMs, and predictive models to enhance deal sourcing, diligence, valuation support, portfolio monitoring, etc.. Establish disciplined model development and risk governance frameworks covering data quality, validation, scenario analysis, access controls, model monitoring, portfolio oversight, and investment committee reporting so AI can be scaled with speed, rigor, and investor confidence.
Commercial Banking, Treasury Services & Risk Transformation
Helps commercial banks modernize treasury services, real-time payments, client onboarding, cross-border payments operations, governance, and risk controls to improve efficiency, customer experience, and sustainable growth.
Financial Crimes Compliance: BSA/AML, KYC & Sanctions
Builds and remediates financial crimes compliance programs covering BSA/AML, KYC, CIP, CDD, EDD, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, and transaction monitoring. Define and ensure adherence to policies, procedures, controls, standards, industry frameworks, and best practices.
Integrated IT, AI, Cloud Audit & Third-Party Risk Assurance
Provides independent assurance for U.S. banks across IT audit, AI and model-governance review, cloud-control effectiveness, and third-party risk management. Evaluates whether technology governance, tool and model inventories, validation and effective challenge, multi-cloud security and resiliency, provider due diligence, independent testing, remediation, and board reporting operate as one integrated control environment rather than disconnected point reviews.
Cybersecurity, Data Privacy & Multi-Cloud Transformation
Leads enterprise cybersecurity, data privacy, and multi-cloud transformation initiatives for U.S. banks, aligning security architecture, privacy controls, cloud operating models, and third-party oversight to regulatory expectations and operational-resilience priorities.
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