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Farahana Jobanputra MBA, LL.M

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Director, Technology Risk, Controls & Compliance at CIBC
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Farahana is a technology risk and transformation leader with extensive experience in Canadas top financial institutions, including CIBC and RBC. She holds a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto, specializing in aligning technology governance, risk management, and compliance with regulatory expectations across Capital Markets and Financial Crimes teams.

She is a proponent of continuous learning, recently enrolling in a University of Toronto course on Generative AI for business to build on her legal and tech background. Known for being organized, confident, and resourceful, she is also a certified "Trusted Mentor" who actively supports her professional network.

Farahana uniquely combines her legal education in Technology Law and Regulatory Frameworks with hands-on leadership in banking technology and risk.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Director, Technology Risk, Controls & Compliance
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Technology Risk & Governance
Currently Director of Technology Risk, Controls & Compliance at CIBC, where her team establishes governance and processes thousands of risk assessments annually.
Generative AI
Actively upskilling in this area, holding a certification and currently enrolled in the University of Toronto's "Generative AI for Business" course.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Director, Technology Risk, Controls & Compliance
CIBC
3-2024 - 6-2024
Strategic Program Management Consultant
CIBC
6-2021 - 1-2024
Director, Project Assurance (Portfolio Governance & Optimization)
RBC Capital Markets
1-2020 - 6-2021
Senior Project Consultant
CIBC Capital Markets
7-2019 - 1-2020
Head of Planning Governance and Controls
Scotiabank
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Education
9-2017 - 11-2018
Master of Laws (LL.M)
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
5-2006 - 5-2008
Masters
Brandeis University
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