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Lucian Lipinsky de Orlov
lucian@lipinskyllc.com  ▪  914-656-0324  ▪  linkedin.com/in/lipinsky/
	
	
Senior risk executive | global financial services & fintech
Second Line of Defense | Global Risk Governance & Oversight
Risk Framework Design | Regulatory & Executive Engagement
Senior risk executive with 20+ years of experience building and leading global risk oversight functions across financial institutions and asset managers. Background spans second line of defense risk challenge, framework and policy development, governance, and regulator engagement across multi-jurisdiction operations. Skilled at translating complex risk into clear guidance for senior executives and cross-functional partners, and at leading global teams responsible for identifying, monitoring, and mitigating enterprise risk. Proven track record advising C-suite leadership on risk appetite, control effectiveness, and decisions that support business growth.
			
	
Professional Experience Highlights
American Express - New York, NY
Senior Director, Risk & Information Security	2025 - Present
Cybersecurity Technology & Resiliency Risk Oversight
Senior Director within American Express' global cyber risk oversight organization, leading a distributed team focused on data security, privacy, and identity & access management (IAM).
Lead global risk oversight and governance for data, privacy, and identity risk across enterprise platforms and third-party ecosystems
Advise senior executives on risk exposure, control effectiveness, and risk-reduction actions impacting the business
Translate complex cybersecurity, privacy, and IAM risks into clear, practical guidance to support executive decision-making and risk awareness among non-technical stakeholders.
Partner with technology, legal, privacy, and business leadership to align risk posture with regulatory expectations and business objectives.
Lead, coach, and set standards for a global team of risk professionals, building a scalable oversight organization
Citigroup - New York, NY
Senior Vice President, Cyber Operational Risk Officer	2023 - 2025
Senior risk leader within Citi's Second Line of Defense, providing independent challenge and oversight across risk domains and policy governance
Advised senior leadership on cyber risk exposure, residual risk, and prioritization across global financial services operations.
Translated technical findings into executive decision briefs for non-technical leadership.
Served as liaison with global regulators on risk posture, resilience, and remediation strategy
Oversaw global adversarial emulation exercises with focus on preparedness, judgment, and executive response readiness.
Reviewed and modernized risk policies, standards, and guidelines to meet regulatory expectations across global operations.
Franklin Templeton Investments - New York, NY
Global Director of Security and Risk (CISO)	2019 - 2023
Advised UHNW individuals and family offices within Franklin Templeton's Fiduciary Trust subsidiary on personal and family office cybersecurity risks, including digital assets, privacy exposure, identity compromise, and secure handling of sensitive financial information.
Executive accountable for global risk management framework and oversight across 45 countries supporting $1.7T AUM
Advised executive leadership on cyber risk tradeoffs, investment decisions, and incident preparedness.
Led incident response planning, executive tabletop exercises, and crisis simulations.
Architectural advisor to the world's first SEC-approved tokenized government money fund, advising on blockchain, cryptography, and operational risk.
QuSecure - San Mateo, CA
Board Advisor (Quantum Security)	2020 - 2023
Provided technical guidance on post-quantum cryptography architecture and applicability in regulated financial services environments.
Translated complex quantum and cryptographic concepts into clear, credible narratives for executive leadership, potential investors, and media.
Citihub - New York, NY
Partner, CISO-for-Hire	2008 - 2015
Served as trusted cybersecurity advisor to C-suite executives across financial services and other industries.
Delivered executive briefings, tabletop exercises, and strategic cyber guidance aligned to business risk.
Deloitte Consulting - New York, NY
Senior Manager, Security SME	2003 - 2008
Advised capital markets, wealth management, and retail banking clients on technology and security risk.
Led large-scale regulatory and security initiatives and delivered C-level presentations.

	
Private Bank Relevance
Identity compromise, privacy exposure, fraud, and digital asset risk are primary cyber threats to UHNW individuals and family offices.
Career experience translating institutional cyber risk into practical, personal, and reputational impact considerations applicable to Private Bank clients.

	
Thought Leadership & Education
Fordham University - Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
First Place Winner (2018)
Recognized for delivering advanced cybersecurity research on AI-driven threat detection to a non-technical audience in under three minutes, demonstrating exceptional clarity, discipline, and executive communication.
Fordham University - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Adjunct Professor, Center for Cybersecurity 2019 - Present
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in computer security systems, encryption, operating system vulnerabilities, and disaster recovery. Program designated by NSA/DHS as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.


Education
MS in Cybersecurity
Fordham University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY
NSA and DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education Certified
MS in Advanced Technology, Specialization in Computer Science
Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology
Graduate School of State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
BS in Computer Science
State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
Certification & Training
ISACA CRISC - PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) - ITIL Foundation Certified - Certified Disciplined Agilist - Enterprise Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - CISSP (Candidate) - IBM Certified Professional - Project Management - New York State Notary Public

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About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

About The Team

The Global Risk team at Airwallex plays a critical role in enabling the company’s growth by building a strong, scalable, and globally consistent approach to risk management. The team works across the business to define risk appetite, develop frameworks and policies, support strategic decision-making, and provide oversight of key risks as Airwallex expands across products, markets, and regulatory environments. You’ll be part of a highly collaborative group that partners closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Financial Crime Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, and Legal teams to help Airwallex grow responsibly and with confidence. This is a team where you’ll tackle complex, high-impact challenges, shape how risk is managed at a global fintech, and help build the foundations for long-term scale.

What You'll Do

As Head of Risk, you will lead and scale Airwallex’s global second line risk management function across our worldwide operations. This is a senior leadership role for someone who can turn risk management into a business enabler by building robust frameworks, clear governance, effective monitoring, and a strong risk culture across a fast-growing fintech.

You will work closely with the Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer and senior executives across the company to shape Airwallex’s risk strategy, strengthen enterprise oversight, and ensure our products, markets, and entities operate within approved risk appetite and tolerance levels.

This role is based in the US or EMEA.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead Airwallex’s global risk management function and framework, spanning risk monitoring, detection, policy development, governance, escalation, and assurance activities across the Group’s worldwide operations.
Create and execute risk strategies, guidelines, performance metrics, and monitoring mechanisms that identify and mitigate vulnerabilities across Airwallex’s existing and future products, while keeping risk management aligned to business priorities and approved risk appetite.
Partner closely with Risk Product, Risk Operations, Engineering, Product, Data Science, Commercial, Operations, Compliance, and other stakeholders to manage risk at the product, portfolio, market, merchant, and entity levels.
Communicate Airwallex’s risk appetite clearly and effectively across the company, helping teams make sound decisions and strengthening consistent adoption of risk standards and accountability.
Collaborate with business, operations, technology, and product leaders to deliver measurable business outcomes while minimising exposure to financial crime, fraud, counterparty, liability, and broader enterprise risks.
Monitor, enhance, and embed the Risk Management Framework so that all global entities operate within acceptable risk tolerance levels and in line with Airwallex’s governance expectations.
Work closely with the Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer, the CEO, and other senior executives on risk, control, governance, and strategic decision-making topics, including escalation of material issues where appropriate.
Advise management on external risk, governance, and regulatory requirements across the markets in which Airwallex operates, and help ensure the company’s risk posture evolves with its global footprint.
Champion a strong and practical risk culture across Airwallex by reinforcing that risk excellence is a competitive advantage and a shared responsibility across the company.
Recruit, develop, and lead a high performing global team of risk professionals, and help build a scalable second line organisation that can support Airwallex’s next phase of growth.

Who You Are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Law, or a related field.
15+ years of relevant experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Control, or Audit within fintech, payments, remittance, banking, or broader financial services.
Strong experience building or leading risk management frameworks, governance models, and oversight programmes in a complex, multi jurisdiction environment.
Demonstrated ability to define and operationalise risk appetite, policies, metrics, and escalation processes that support business growth while maintaining effective control standards.
Experience working closely with senior management and cross functional teams, with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to influence at executive level.
Experience leading international teams and operating effectively in a fast-paced environment with high standards, evolving priorities, and significant cross functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in fintech and financial services, especially in payments, consumer finance, remittance, or other global money movement businesses.
A combination of advisory and hands on risk management experience within a financial institution or similarly regulated environment.
Experience partnering with regulators, auditors, boards, or executive risk committees on enterprise risk, governance, and control matters.
Comfort working across a broad risk landscape, including enterprise risk, fraud, counterparty risk, operational risk, and regulatory risk.
An independent, high ownership mindset, with the judgment and pragmatism to balance control effectiveness, innovation, and growth in a scaling global business.

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Compensation Range: $300K - $400K