Juan Pablo Penuela Velez Email & Phone Number

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

London, Gb

ERM is a leading global provider of environmental and social sustainability, health & safety and risk consulting. As Regional Managing Counsel and senior regional compliance leader, I advise the Group General Counsel and Regional CEO, serve on the Latin American & Caribbean regional management team and design and implement regional legal and compliance strategy and initiatives. Other highlights of this role include: - reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex and strategic commercial agreements, including insurance requirements, - facilitating a cultural shift toward greater awareness of enterprise risk management, - leading M&A due diligence,- supervising and managing commercial and employment litigation, and - performing HR and internal audit related investigations.

London, Gb

At Barclays, I was hired to help facilitate an enterprise-wide risk assessment on compliance with Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) regulations. My role included:- performing a gap analysis of all anti-bribery and corruption global compliance controls,- managing the design and implementation of a remedial action plan (RAP) for the firm’s Investment Banking and Corporate Banking Divisions,- serving as primary point of escalation to legal peers and senior business leaders on Gifts and Entertainment (G&E) for high-risk operations and other significant business areas and activities, and - rehauling the bank’s (G&E) controls and procedures worldwide.

Denver, Co, Us

At Western Union, I advised the senior executive management team and supervised the operations compliance function. A key part of my role was integrating and streamlining all compliance due diligence and controls for the post-acquisition integration of two key businesses (Vigo and Orlandi Valuta) that expanded company’s operations across Latin America and increased LATAM agents by 500%, which I completed in two years (one year ahead of projections). As part of that success, the effort included leading and coordinating the implementation of compliance systems and licenses in EMEA and APAC countries.I also worked with the regulatory examinations team to secure 14 successful exams with no material findings; created system payment controls, compliance manuals and online training for 54 countries; managed risks under existing controls related to general licensing, consumer data privacy, financial crime prevention (AML, government sanctions and interdiction programs, fraud and bribery); and performed regulatory outreach efforts, trained internal and external associates and performed code of conduct breach investigations.

Santiago, Santiago, Cl

At Banco de Chile (Chile’s largest national bank, an affiliate of Citibank as of 2007), I established enhanced due diligence and regulatory compliance for 6,000+ U.S. and international ultra-high net worth and institutional clients, trained and advised a 15-person compliance team, completing the project four months in advance of the agreed timetable and accelerating the transfer of those accounts to Citibank.

Cork, Ie

At Tyco, a Fortune 500 company and diversified manufacturing and service provider, I was hired to perform a legal analysis of the condition of the operations in the region. As a result, I co-launched the legal department and managed all legal and regulatory affairs for the LATAM and Caribbean region for five divisions, Fire & Security, Healthcare, Electronics, Engineered Products & Services, Plastics & Adhesives (some later spun off into Johnson Controls, Medtronic and TE Connectivity), totaling 250+ subsidiaries in 20+ countries. I also supervised 12 attorneys in a matrixed structure. Additional highlights of the role include:- conducting and reporting to senior leadership a comprehensive audit of 60+ previously acquired affiliates and subsidiaries, including assessment of market footprint and corporate governance, material contracts, litigation, intellectual property and labor & employment issues,- leading contract drafting and negotiations (including a master service agreement with Salesforce for LATAM that was replicated in EMEA), tender bid offers, litigation management (labor, employment, commercial and criminal), internal investigations, licensing, transfer of IP rights, compliance and management and commercial team trainings for 250+ entities,- managing numerous antitrust approvals and oversaw regulatory, code of conduct, trade & customs, anti-bribery and FCPA compliance,- spearheading a strategy to resolve key distributor disputes and 3,000+ consumer claims, and resolving regulatory inquiries and investigations to avoid fines and assure continued operations, including alleged FCPA and customs regulations violations (Brazil, Colombia and Argentina).

I started my legal career in Bogota, Colombia, as an Associate Counsel for the Risk Management Division and served as Chair of the Compliance Officers Committee at Asobancaria de Colombia, the country’s pre-eminent private association of financial services organizations including state-run, private, domestic and foreign commercial banks and financial institutions. In this role, I conducted extensive outreach with the U.S. Department of Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) and local governmental authorities and served as active member of team that created the first Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in South America.Upon completion of my LL.M., I held early roles in the U.S. which included work on complex tort litigation, anti-money laundering programs, employment law, code of conduct and ethics and regulatory compliance training and policies.

Llm, Comparative Law

Abogado, Law