Nitesh Kumar

Managing Director, Global Head of Cyber, Payment Systems Risks at BNP Paribas

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Nitesh Kumar is an internationally recognised executive with extensive global experience in Financial Services across the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. Currently serving as the Managing Director RISK ORM CTFR, responsible for Cyber and Payments systems Control testing at BNP Paribas Group. Proven expertise in Cyber Security, Cyber Audit, Data Privacy, Technology, and Operational Risk Management.

He holds an Electronic Engineering degree and an MBA with many certifications, such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, and CGEIT.

He has successfully created agile and sustainable risk and audit teams, supporting digital transformation, secure cloud adoption, and innovation strategies. His recent success includes publishing the work program for LLM audit and AI Red Team, aligning with the Microsoft PyRIT framework.