annu W.
Senior Enterprise Risk Manager
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Annu W. is an accomplished Enterprise Risk Manager based in New York, NY, with over 15 years of dedicated experience in designing and leading ERM frameworks. She has established risk registers, taxonomies, risk appetite assessments, and escalation reporting processes within major financial institutions such as JPMorganChase, Wells Fargo, Comerica, NASDAQ, and Morgan Stanley. Annu's expertise spans operational, technology, third-party, and strategic risk domains, having conducted enterprise-wide risk assessments and overseen remediation of audit, regulatory, and internal findings. Her strong collaborative skills have enabled her to partner effectively across Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, and Technology domains, utilizing AI-enabled tools to modernize risk processes. At Comerica Bank, as Senior Vice President, Corporate Risk, she revamped risk programs and conducted recurring risk assessments across multiple domains, significantly impacting regulatory compliance. At JPMorganChase, she led the AI governance strategy and developed a risk framework for global oversight of technology programs. Annu holds certifications such as CRISC and CISA and actively participates in industry events and advisory boards.
Experience
Senior Vice President, Corporate Risk
COMERICA BANK · 2025 — 2026Provided second-line oversight and guidance for technology, cyber, resilience, vendor, and data risks across 350+ bank-wide applications, including Azure, AWS, on-prem, mainframe, and SaaS.Executive Director, Corporate Risk (Second Line of Defense)
JPMORGANCHASE BANK · 2023 — 2025Oversaw the second-line oversight strategy for global commercial banking technology, managing 4 IT towers with over 1,000 personnel across 300 enterprise applications.Oversight Leader for GRC (Governance, Risk, & Control Second Line of Defense)
JPMORGANCHASE BANK · 2021 — 2023Executed the second-line monitoring, testing, and assessments program for a technology GRC team of 500, focusing on improving risk identification and issue management.Senior Vice President, Technology Controls, CTO Division (First Line of Defense)
WELLS FARGO BANK · 2019 — 2021Directed control activities within a technology organization of 2,000, shifting focus towards proactive risk management and embedding controls in enterprise-wide initiatives.Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Programs (Second Line of Defense)
WELLS FARGO BANK · 2016 — 2019Led the development of a structured enterprise risk framework encompassing identification, appetite, indicators, and escalation, while managing a team of 10.Global Head of Group Risk
NASDAQ · 2015 — 2016Oversaw first- and second-line risk functions with a global team of 18, managing the Sarbanes-Oxley program and enhancing governance for risk control taxonomy and reporting.Technology Risk Program Leader, Business Continuity
MILLENNIUM PARTNERS LLC · 2012 — 2015Designed and implemented technology and operational risk programs, establishing governance and regulatory alignment while leading the Crisis Command Center during Hurricane Sandy.Chief Risk Officer / Executive Director, Technology Enterprise Infrastructure
MORGAN STANLEY TECHNOLOGY · 2011 — 2012Developed an enterprise-wide governance and risk management program for Technology Enterprise Infrastructure, managing a global team of 14 risk professionals.
Skills & Expertise
Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) with concentration in Information TechnologyBaruch College
- Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS)Queens College