In this mission-critical episode of Risk Is Our Business, host Michael Rasmussen opens the comms with Hardik Mehta, Global Head of Risk and Regulatory Compliance at JPMorgan Chase. With two decades of experience across Uber, Microsoft, and global advisory firms, Hardik has charted risk programs that span continents, cloud migrations, and regulatory galaxies.

Their conversation starts with what keeps him up at night: the turbulence of geopolitical risk, ever-changing regulations, data security challenges, and the inertia of legacy platforms slowing cloud adoption. From there, they examine what bad risk management looks like (siloed programs cut off from strategy) versus what good risk management should deliver (i.e., integrated, technology-enabled frameworks that guide the enterprise toward its objectives).

Resilience comes to the forefront as Hardik explains how he weaves it into risk strategy, not as an afterthought but as a forward-facing capability. He emphasizes the need for both left-brain precision in quantification and right-brain imagination in creative foresight, a duality essential for navigating uncertainty. The discussion explores the technologies enabling better risk programs today, the role of risk intelligence in scanning horizons, and how AI is reshaping the future of risk management.

For boards, CROs, and risk leaders, this episode is a navigational chart for transforming risk into resilience, and for steering your enterprise at warp speed toward intelligent, mission-aligned futures.