Dr. Sanjiv Talwar

Dr. Talwar has been in the financial sector for over 25 years as a senior executive in regulatory, risk management and trading in multinational banking institutions in Canada, Europe and Asia. Dr. Talwar most recently was Assistant Superintendent, Risk Support Sector at OSFI (Canada’s financial sector regulator). In this capacity he oversaw the specialist teams responsible for Financial Risk (market, credit and model risk) and Non-Financial Risk (Operational, Technology and Conduct/Culture), the data/analytics team and the emerging risk areas. As a member of OSFI’s Executive Committee, Sanjiv helped to steer the organization, review and approve strategy/policies and importantly, determine responses to emergency issues including COVID responses.
Prior to OSFI, Dr. Talwar held senior positions with Bank of Montreal, OCBC Bank in Singapore, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Commerzbank Securities in London, U.K.
Dr. Talwar holds a BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Talwar serves on the board of directors of Spiritual Heritage Education Network.