Nikunj is a partner in Oliver Wyman's Finance and Risk and Banking and Financial Services practices, with a focus on Regulatory Compliance.
He is based in the New York office. Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, he worked at HM Treasury in the UK, focusing on financial stability and public spending issues.
Nikunj advises financial institutions on regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on corporate and institutional banking clients. His work spans complex compliance and conduct issues, with particular depth in capital markets, including trade surveillance, supervisory controls, information barriers and conflicts of interest, as well as the governance and operating models that support them.
He also has extensive experience leading broader compliance program transformations, helping institutions strengthen their compliance frameworks, controls, and capabilities in response to regulatory expectations.
Effective compliance is embedded in how an institution operates and how the business makes decisions
His recent work includes supporting a global bank on a capital markets remediation initiative, including enhancements to supervisory controls and surveillance; transforming trade surveillance through a new operating model, governance framework, and vendor tooling; and developing a target-state framework and roadmap to strengthen conflict-of-interest and broader information controls.
Nikunj holds a Bachelor of Arts in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and a master of public administration from Columbia University, where he focused on international finance policy. Combined with his earlier experience at HM Treasury working on financial stability, his academic background has shaped a longstanding interest in the intersection of financial institutions, public policy, and regulation — and how firms navigate evolving regulatory expectations