Bhavnish Walia

Bhavnish Walia is a Senior Risk Manager, AI/ML at Amazon in New York, where he leads global initiatives in Risk Management, Responsible AI governance, compliance automation, and fraud detection. With over 13 years of experience spanning e-commerce, fintech, and banking, he has built frameworks for LLM risk governance, deployed Generative and Agentic AI for enterprise innovation, and automated Anti-Money Laundering workflows that have delivered millions in annual savings. Prior to Amazon, Bhavnish worked at Citibank, where he developed credit risk models, launched new credit card products for American Airlines, optimized P&L performance, and advanced fraud prevention and compliance solutions for global operations. He is also an active thought leader and mentor, contributing to Women in Data Science (WiDS) and other global programs, and has spoken at leading forums including international AI summits and conferences. His applied AI research has been published with IEEE, covering areas such as Generative AI, Agentic AI, causal inference, and Responsible AI.