About
Riz Ahmad is a former Chief Risk Officer at a regulated financial institution, a board director, and a banking expert witness. He has enterprise-wide experience in Risk Management, Banking, and Finance with specialized knowledge of banking industry standards, best practices, legal documentation, and the interpretation of financial regulations and laws. In the Enterprise Risk Management space Riz has experience and technical knowledge in credit, market, operational, and counterparty risks as well as risk mitigants for anti-money laundering and regulatory compliance. He has worked in corporate banking, structured finance, and debt ratings. Riz is competent for expert witness assignments, independent standard of care reports, testimonies, and opinions. He has a calm, thoughtful, and measured demeanour and brings a global mindsight from a banking career in London, New York, and Toronto with extensive international travel. Based in Toronto, Riz is a dual US / Canadian citizen, fully mobile and has worked on cross-border transactions and cases.