Spencer de Melo

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I am a Capital Markets Risk Executive with experience spanning Wall Street and global advisory roles, focused on designing AI-enabled risk, compliance, and decision-support systems for complex organizations.

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I am a Capital Markets Risk Executive with experience spanning Wall Street and global advisory roles, focused on designing AI-enabled risk, compliance, and decision-support systems for complex organizations. My work sits at the intersection of financial risk, system architecture, and user-centric design—translating institutional challenges into structured, intelligible, and actionable AI workflows.

I specialize in architecting AI-driven frameworks that integrate governance, risk assessment, and automation, with a strong emphasis on usability, clarity, and decision experience. This includes designing risk architectures, analytical workflows, and AI-assisted interfaces that allow stakeholders—executives, regulators, and operators—to interact with complex financial data and controls in intuitive, human-centered ways.

Leveraging large language models such as ChatGPT, I design end-to-end AI systems that support scenario analysis, policy intelligence, control evaluation, and process automation. My approach blends financial markets expertise with UX-informed system design to ensure that AI outputs are not only technically sound, but interpretable, auditable, and operationally effective.

I aim to help financial institutions, professional services firms, and NGOs embed AI into their core risk and governance architectures—improving transparency, speed, and decision quality in today’s increasingly complex and data-dense environment.

  • 24 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • PortugueseFluent
  • Spanish; CastilianFluent
  • FrenchBeginner

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Government
  • Other
  • Software & Internet

Work experience· 33 roles

Principal – Internal Audit & Market Risk Programs · ORBI GLOBALJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Built a board-approved internal audit function for sovereign and treasury operations; authored the Audit Charter, Policy, and a three-year risk roadmap within 90 days of mandate. Modernized risk-based planning by linking RCSA metrics and KRIs to risk-rating models; developed AI-driven risk-universe heatmaps to prioritize high-impact audits; established Audit Committee reporting protocols; led valuation and model-risk reviews for illiquid assets; instituted a vendor-risk framework and AI alerting; chaired cross-functional remediation forums to validate design-effectiveness before closure.

Capital Markets Audit Risk Leader · Northern Trust CorporationNov 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

Lead rigorous internal audits with executive committee engagement to uphold governance across Broker Dealer activities in US/EMEA; refine Wholesale Credit Risk Policy; oversee governance within ASC Broker Dealer; integrate AI tools (ChatGPT, IBM Watson, Palantir Foundry) for predictive risk modeling and data analysis; ensure NSE/SEBI regulatory compliance; coordinate with external auditors; deliver senior-management reports with actionable risk insights.

Capital Markets Audit Risk · Northern Trust CorporationNov 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

Lead rigorous internal audits with executive committees, ensuring Broker Dealer compliance across US/EMEA; refine Wholesale Credit Risk Policy; integrate AI tools for compliance and risk management; support NSE/SEBI regulatory inquiries; prepare senior management reports.

Vice President, Internal Audit (Capital Markets & Risk) · Northern TrustJan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Capital Markets Internal Audit · Morgan StanleyJan 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos
Capital Markets Regulatory Audit · Santander Bank, N.A.Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos
Lead Consultant – Derivatives Middle Office & Control Oversight · Santander (Consulting for Perficient) – Boston, MAJan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Lead Consultant – Derivatives Middle Office & Control Oversight · Morgan Stanley (consulting for TechPar)Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Education· 12

Graduate Certificate · Vanderbilt University (Prompt Engineering ChatGPT) - Remote2023
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting · Johnson and Wales University, Providence, RI2012
Bachelor of Science (BS), Accountancy · Providence College, Providence, RI2007
Associate of Science (ASB), Business Administration · CCRI, Providence, RI2003

Certifications and awards

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT2030 – 2026
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT2030 – 2026

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