Summary
Anna Pastwa is a Director of AI Deployment Assurance with nine years’ experience bridging AI research, model risk and enterprise-scale governance in global financial services. She combines hands-on research into scaling laws for deep learning at MIT with practical leadership of model risk and GenAI assurance programs at major banks, translating complex technical capabilities into pragmatic, auditable frameworks that enable safe, measurable adoption. Comfortable engaging regulators, executives and cross-functional teams, she has built and led teams responsible for validating production models, shaping governance for generative AI, and embedding risk-based decision making across organisations. Her academic background (PhD in Business Economics and an Advanced MSc in AI) and research on the economics of model scale give her a rare perspective on the cost–benefit tradeoffs of model choices for business deployment. Based in Warsaw, she is also an affiliated MIT researcher and public voice on AI policy and industry readiness, blending scholarly rigor with operational delivery.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MA Public Sector Economics and Administration, MA Public Sector Economics and Administration at Krakow University of Economics
Advanced Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (awarded 12th September 2019) Specialisation: Engineering and Computer Science, Advanced Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (awarded 12th September 2019) Specialisation: Engineering and Computer Science at KU Leuven
Exchange program: Business Economics, Exchange program: Business Economics at Grand Valley State University
Doctoral studies in Quantitative Economics - Research Track (discontinued to join KU Leuven), Doctoral studies in Quantitative Economics - Research Track (discontinued to join KU Leuven) at Université libre de Bruxelles
Exchange program: Management Sciene, Exchange program: Management Sciene at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
English, French, Polish, Dutch, Russian, German