Bel Perez is a Senior Product Owner at Hawk, where she leads product initiatives focused on advanced fraud and scam detection. Contributing heavily to Hawk’s explainable AI–driven solutions for financial crime prevention, Bel excels at bridging the gap between complex AI-based detection models and practical analyst workflows.

Prior to transitioning into product leadership, Bel spent nearly a decade in the fraud and AML space, in the online gambling industry as a fraud analyst, leading and building teams and processes. This deep, operational background gave her hands-on expertise in real-world fraud and scam typologies, which directly informs her strategic approach today. Bel is a regular industry speaker and thought leader, frequently presenting at forums on topics such as the anatomy of a scam, detection blind spots, and leveraging AI-powered defenses.