Pravesh Rijal

Pravesh Rijal is the Chief AI Officer at Cross River, where he leads the bank’s enterprise-wide strategy across data platforms, artificial intelligence, global banking and onchain finance. As Cross River’s Chief Data & AI Officer, he is responsible for the intelligence infrastructure powering investment, risk, and decision-making across the business. Prior to this role, Pravesh led Cross River’s Quantitative Strategies organization, delivering high-impact modeling and analytics capabilities. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Vice President in Citigroup’s Global Modeling function and has led key modeling organizations across other Wall Street firms. With deep expertise in financial engineering and applied AI, Pravesh holds a Master’s in Financial Engineering from New York University (NYU) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance at EDHEC Business School, France. He is passionate about building globally competitive intelligence systems that combine data, human judgment, an