A role transformed by regulation and AI
Basel, Solvency II, DORA, the AI Act: each regulatory cycle widens the Chief Risk Officer's remit. High-risk AI systems fall under existing frameworks (risk mapping, permanent control, model auditability) and place the risk function at the centre of AI governance in financial institutions.
The profile boards are looking for
- Dual credibility: technical (models, data) and institutional (regulator, Executive Committee, board).
- The ability to arbitrate under uncertainty, evidenced by a career in demanding environments.
- Increasingly: genuine AI literacy, to oversee models that can no longer be blindly delegated.
These hybrid profiles (regulation × data) are rare. That is precisely why they are recruited through direct approach, not by advertisement.
Our method
Market mapping, confidential approach to sitting CROs and heads of risk, assessment of technical and cultural fit, reasoned shortlist. Discretion is absolute, on both sides of the conversation.