
Jiangjiang Yang
Global Head of Model Risk Management, OKX
Jianjiang Yang is Global Head of Model Risk at OKX, where he is building the firm's model risk and AI governance program across multiple regulatory regimes. He brings a decade of experience across banking, fintech, and digital assets. At Bank of America, he led the establishment of an independent, SR 11-7–aligned AML model validation framework across North America, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. At Oportun, he built the enterprise Model Risk and Fair Lending programs from the ground up. He holds an engineering PhD and conducted postdoctoral research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current focus is AI governance for digital asset markets.
11:35 - 12:10
PANEL DISCUSSION
Evolving Model Validation Practices for Next-Generation Models
- Managing continuous validation for adaptive and self-learning systems
- Using challenger models and parallel runs for benchmarking
- Understanding expectations around explainability and bias control
- Prioritising resources based on model criticality and complexity
