Gaurav Tiwari

Gaurav Tiwari is an accomplished compliance leader with 16+ years of global experience and expertise in capital markets, securities law, risk assessment and regulatory strategy, and financial crimes compliance. Gaurav is a passionate builder of a governance and controls-focused organization, supported by best in class strategic compliance and operational risk frameworks, enabling organizations and clients to succeed in a competitive and evolving marketplace. Currently based at State Street Corporation, the second oldest continually operating bank in the US, Gaurav leads a diverse and high performing global team of SMEs overseeing the Governance, RCSA and Controls Monitoring function at the bank’s Global AML Center. His prior roles and experiences include leading the Three Lines of Defense Transformation, enhancing the bank’s Compliance Risk Assessment program, establishing and managing the Dodd-Frank Act PMO, and rolling out a new global FX, Volcker and Swap Dealer Compliance program.

Prior to State Street, Gaurav was the first Hernando De Soto Fellow to be based at the Fletcher School, where he also earned his Master’s degree focused on international banking and policy. At the height of the Global Financial Crisis, Gaurav was an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where he managed several strategic CFR initiatives focused on improving the regulatory risk and oversight framework supporting America’s financial markets and foreign policy objectives.

Trained as a monetary economist, Gaurav is passionate about mentoring and coaching the next generation of diverse leaders in the financial services industry – he is an industry mentor to the Association for Latina Professionals of America’s Mentoring program, guiding mentees to develop the necessary knowledge and skills needed to make an impact in the industry and to attain professional and personal success.  He also serves on the Boston jury for the Calvin Coolidge Scholarship, one of the most competitive and prestigious undergraduate awards that offers a full-ride for four years of study to any college or university in America.