Vignesh Manikam

Vignesh Manikam is the AI Risk Manager Lead at Nationwide Building Society, where he oversees AI validation and the strategic development of enterprise-wide governance frameworks. He leads the technical delivery of IBM Watson Governance, embedding ethical safeguards and model risk oversight into both customer-facing and operational systems. His work ensures that AI solutions adhere to rigorous standards of transparency, fairness and regulatory compliance, bridging innovation with institutional trust.

Prior to his role at Nationwide, Vignesh served as a Director at Barclays, where he led the technical delivery of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and successfully executed a range of regulatory programs (IFRS9, BCBS) across the bank’s global footprint. His leadership was pivotal in enhancing governance and control structures for emerging technologies and data-driven platforms.

Vignesh holds the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) certification and the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).