Nilaa Pugazhenthi

With over 15 years of experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), AI risk, and IT quality across highly regulated, GxP-driven environments, Nilaa has been at the forefront of turning control frameworks into real business outcomes—not just policies on paper. She has led end-to-end risk and compliance initiatives, redesigned control environments, and helped organisations move from reactive assurance to proactive, data-driven resilience in an AI-enabled world.

 Her expertise spans risk strategy and quantification, regulatory readiness, enterprise IT governance, data privacy, AI governance, and CxO advisory—including translating dense regulatory requirements into controls product teams want to use. Through the guidance and perspective she brings, the conversation around controls shifts—from static obligation to strategic enabler—so auditors stay comfortable, engineers stay engaged, and business leaders stay focused on outcomes rather than checklists.