Over 22 years of experience in investigative and intelligence services, including internal investigations, financial fraud, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) audits, SOX implementation, and program review and enforcement comprehensive money laundering prevention measures. He also has experience in complex financial investigations, economic and accounting tasks, debt restructuring, audits and recovery tasks, as well as forensic accounting.

He has led teams providing forensic accounting and investigation services, litigation support and dispute advice. In addition, he has extensive knowledge of various industries internationally. He is a recognized expert in AML, corporate fraud, forensic accounting and anti-corruption matters.

Throughout his career, he has provided a variety of investigative and intelligence services, including internal investigations, FCPA, SOX Regulations, financial fraud, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and review and implementation of comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering programs. He is leader of the Financial and Litigation Consulting and Anti Money Laundering area in the South America region.

He began his career in the Financial and Advisory Services area of Holder International; He has also managed the office of Kroll Inc., obtaining the position of Head Office in the Buenos Aires offices, Managing Director at FTI, BRG and J.S Held in its Panama City offices. His responsibilities have included complex financial investigations, economic and accounting assignments, debt restructuring, audit and reconversion functions, as well as forensic accounting tasks for the financial industry and other multinational companies in Argentina, USA, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil and Honduras.

During 2004, Mr. Mora worked in Canada, where he carried out forensic accounting activities under North American laws, and cases related to valuation and expert witnesses. In addition, he deepened his knowledge of forensic auditing.

Mr. Mora Simoes coordinated and directed the First Latin American Seminar on the Prevention of Money Laundering, which had more than 400 participants. He has worked on AML-related issues for financial institutions throughout Latin America, including activities in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Honduras, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

He is a National Public Accountant graduated from the University of Buenos Aires, and has a Postgraduate Degree in Financial Area (PEF) awarded by the Torcuato di Tella University (UTDT) in Buenos Aires. He also has CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification & CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) and is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. Mr. Mora Simoes speaks fluent Spanish and English.

Matías Nahón is the Managing Director of Cyber Intelligence Group. He is responsible for conducting complex investigations for clients in Argentina and throughout Latin America. He specializes in a wide range of investigative services, including internal fraud investigations, due diligence, litigation support, and asset tracing. Matías has conducted various surveillance cases involving the management of specialized technical teams and the compilation of evidence for litigation matters. He has also led cases related to counterfeiting, adulteration, and theft of products.

Professional Experience:

Asset Tracing:
Matías conducted an investigation revealing that the major assets of four Argentine entrepreneurs, working in partnership with a significant investment group, had been transferred from Argentina to Switzerland. After verification in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, he discovered assets valued at US$45 million. The search results were significantly useful for the client in debt collection.

Internal Fraud:
An important oil company in Bolivia received anonymous reports alleging that its staff, including some executives, was conspiring with certain suppliers to defraud the organization. Matías conducted a financial investigation of the suspects, successfully gathering evidence that led to the termination of almost all involved employees.

Litigation Support:
A leading chemical company in the agricultural industry faced various complaints about the quality of its product. An investigation led by Matías identified the main counterfeiter of these products, leading authorities to shut down illegal activities.

Competitive Intelligence:
He led a team investigating companies evading taxes, negatively impacting the client's business by creating unfair competition in terms of costs and sales conditions. The information gathered allowed the client to negotiate with competitors, reaching an extrajudicial agreement that enabled fair and favorable competition conditions.

Lawyer specialized in compliance, prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism (PLAFT), tax advice and development of investment strategies. With experience in the public and private sectors, it offers advanced and effective solutions at a national and international level.

He has led teams in regulatory compliance consulting, collaborating with financial entities, fintechs and government agencies to ensure compliance with the highest international standards in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). His work includes comprehensive audits and legal advice on financial integrity and business ethics.

In addition, it has designed and executed training and prevention programs, strengthened its clients' internal capabilities through practical strategies, and has investigated complex financial structures to combat money laundering. Throughout his career, he has held inspection and investigative analysis roles, and worked in the control of money laundering in cooperative and mutual entities in Argentina. It has also prepared risk reports and investigated high-profile causes related to money laundering.

It offers comprehensive investment advice, designing personalized strategies for a wide range of financial instruments, and supports the constitution and structuring of legal entities. As founder and principal consultant of her firm, she specializes in Regulatory Compliance, Financial Integrity and Business Ethics, Regulated Markets, Banking and Insurance, Fintech and Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and Sustainability, in addition to offering tax advice at a national and international level.

He is a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, teaching subjects in the Specialization in Strategic Intelligence and Organized Crime, and at the University Institution Foundation for Non-Proliferation and International Security - NPS Global. He has taught specialization programs at the Graduate School of the Public Bar Association of Capital Federal and at the Catholic University of Salta (UCASAL).

Pamela has a solid academic background, including a Master's Degree in Cyber Defense and Cybersecurity (UBA), a Diploma in Strategic Intelligence and Public Security (UCASAL), an Update Program in PLAFT (UCASAL), and a Master of Law in Tax Law ( Torcuato Di Tella University). In addition, he has completed a Multidisciplinary Training Program in Artificial Intelligence (UBA), a Specialization in Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (Procuracy of the National Treasury), and numerous update programs in money laundering, drug trafficking, cybercrime , strategic intelligence, planning and foresight, and defense and security.”

Prominent lawyer with over 10 years of experience in regulation, general offenses, private capital transactions, estate planning, and asset protection. His meticulous approach, astute strategy, and tireless determination have been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes in the majority of cases.

Education:

Master's in Finance and Minor in Entrepreneurship, Francisco Marroquín University and Tulane University, 2024.
Certificate in Financial Crime Prevention, The Alliance Business School at the University of Manchester, 2018.
Master's in Negotiation, Francisco Marroquín University, 2013.
Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences, Lawyer and Notary, Rafael Landívar University, 2012.

Experience:

Postín Law (2018-Present): Handled 300+ cases with an average of 120 billable hours per month and over USD 25 million in estate planning. Specialized in international criminal advice and civil litigation.
Mayora & Mayora (2012-2018): Senior Associate, handled 500+ cases with an average of 190 billable hours per month, covering areas such as mergers and acquisitions, asset planning, white-collar crimes, among others.

Awards:
Qualified Lawyer for Dispute Resolution in Guatemala: Chambers And Partners 2015 and 2016, The Legal 500 Latin America 2015 and 2016.

His expertise ranges from asset organization to comprehensive guidance in the financial industry, with an international focus and outstanding recognitions in dispute resolution.

Bayron is a Systems Engineer from the Francisco José de Caldas District University, specializing in Computer Risk Management from the Externado de Colombia University. He holds an MBA and a Master's in International Business from the European School of Management and Business. He is certified as a forensic examiner by Access Data (ACE) and a computer expert for the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.

He is the author of the books "JUDICIAL MATTERS: COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS, AND THEIR DIGITAL APPLICATION" and "FILM PIRACY, HOW TO COMBAT IT," as well as multiple specialized articles published in major newspapers and universities in Colombia. Bayron has advised several public and private companies, mainly in the legal sector, on digital transformation. He has been a speaker at various academic events on topics related to digital evidence, e-Discovery, and cybercrime. He has taught courses on Cybercrime at the University of Rosario, as well as courses on Digital Forensics, Digital Evidence, and Personal Data Protection at Javeriana University and Externado de Colombia University.

Bayron has participated in relevant investigations in cases of intellectual property, unfair competition, criminal matters, and administrative investigations before the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce. He has acquired and processed digital evidence for presentation to judges and other authorities in countries such as Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. He has also led complex institutional operations for the acquisition of digital evidence, including those aimed at determining price-fixing agreements among competitors in different industries.

Previously, Bayron worked as an IT analyst at Prieto Carrizosa, a consultant at the National Copyright Directorate, a consultant for the "Facilitating Trade" project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and a consultant for the Anti-Piracy Agreement of Colombia. More recently, he was the director of the Forensic Computing Laboratory at the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, where he participated in the most important investigations carried out in recent years on practices against free competition, the protection of personal data, and other behaviors monitored by this important administrative authority.

Originally from Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, Sergio has over 25 years of experience in consulting and has specialized in business intelligence, corporate investigations, risk management, security advisory, and economic, political, and social analysis.

Sergio has worked in various consulting firms, serving as an economic analyst at the SHCP, advisor in the Chamber of Deputies, and adjunct professor at UNAM and the Universidad Intercontinental. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Universidad Anáhuac, where he has been teaching various subjects related to National Security and International Security since 2016.

Before founding VESTIGA in 2017, Sergio led the U.S. firm FTI Consulting in Mexico (2011-2017) and served as the Country Manager for the Mexican subsidiary of the U.S.-based KROLL, where he collaborated between 2001 and 2011.

Due to his expertise as a consultant, Sergio has been a speaker at various forums and has been interviewed by various media outlets in Mexico and the United States.

Sergio Díaz holds a degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a diploma in administration and business development from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), and a master's in Management from the Southern Oregon University (SOU).

Diego, with over 20 years of experience in the financial and banking sector, has excelled in both Western Europe and the United States and Canada. His expertise ranges from the international real estate market to real estate funds, having generated and structured investments of over $500 million in real estate developments on four continents, always focusing on triple-A niche markets.

Beyond his notable success in real estate, Diego has built an impressive network of strategic contacts internationally. His ability to lead and advise in multiple jurisdictions has been crucial for financial institutions, high-profile organizations, and economically valuable groups. This network and his strategic approach have been key to his leadership in global projects, providing incalculable value to Simor Global Services.

Additionally, Diego has devoted a significant part of his career to developing a physical commodities trading business based in Madrid, Miami, and Lugano. He has been a pioneer in opening and consolidating markets for the agricultural and livestock sectors, with a special emphasis on distribution and logistics in Europe. His current vision focuses on developing this logistics chain in the United Arab Emirates and expanding products of origin.

As an economist, Diego stands out for his academic background, having graduated with a Master's in Finance from New York University, among other notable degrees. His education, combined with his extensive experience and network, makes him a fundamental pillar for Simor Global Services, serving as Managing Director and providing exceptional value to the firm and its clients.

Alessandro Nurnberg has spent the last 20 years working in consulting projects. He worked with Ernst & Young (Switzerland) and held various managerial positions with Kroll (Italy and Spain) and FTI Consulting (Spain). He holds a degree in Law from the University of Milan, Italy. He speaks four languages (Spanish, Italian, English and French) and has been invited as a speaker at several events in Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Since 2013 he is the owner of his own consultancy, Nurnberg Consulting, in Madrid, Spain, where he advises private and public companies and organizations on relevant strategic challenges.

Alessandro has developed a web and mobile application to search companies, plot network graphs and find related information. The application, (https://ncdata.eu) is under active development and is adding features continuously. Based on the realization that information transparency is key to development, the aim of this project is to allow everyone to search for official company information, sanctions and other relevant information in an affordable way.

Maria Lobato is Director of Data Protection, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI and specializes in digital transformation and innovation, providing strategic and operational guidance to clients in various sectors and jurisdictions. She is a Spanish lawyer and English Solicitor, with a Master's degree in legal practice and multiple certifications in data protection and privacy from the Council of Europe and the European Commission, and in Artificial Intelligence from UNESCO.
With over 18 years of experience as an international lawyer, she has developed a deep understanding of the legal, regulatory, and ethical challenges and opportunities arising from the use of data and technology in the modern world. She is passionate about helping organizations meet the highest data protection and privacy standards, harness the potential of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, and foster a culture of trust and transparency with their stakeholders. Additionally, she is a recognized speaker and thought leader in the field, having been awarded as a Top In-House Lawyer by The Conference Gorilla in 2022 and as one of the DPO 200 in Europe by the GDPR Institute in 2021. She was also featured as one of the top leaders to follow in 2024 by Insight Success.
Her experience spans significant roles in a wide range of industries, from telecommunications companies to representation agencies, events, banking, cosmetics, betting companies, sports, etc. These roles have involved responsibilities such as drafting Acceptable Use Policies for Artificial Intelligence, creating Due Diligence processes to review and engage with third parties of AI, overseeing companies' data protection and cybersecurity strategy, and its implementation to ensure compliance with local and global law requirements, and managing companies' data policies, procedures, and governance.
This extensive experience highlights her ongoing commitment to excellence in data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI and her ability to lead successful teams and strategies across a global spectrum of industries and regulatory contexts.

Carlos Derteano currently supports EY Parthenon as a Senior Advisor in driving and developing strategic services addressing key areas such as Business, Corporate, Commercial, Innovation, and Sustainability Strategies with solutions to optimize business performance, recovery and execution strategies, transaction efficiency including comprehensive due diligence services, and post-transaction monitoring.

His role involves generating clients in the banking, corporate, and commercial sectors, offering specialized due diligence and financial advisory services, including formulating business strategies for continuous improvement, designing effective corporate approaches, developing innovative strategies, and implementing sustainable practices. These responsibilities extend to clients located in Central and Latin America.

In addition to his role at EY, Carlos also serves as a Senior Advisor in companies such as Keller Williams and Norfolk Financial Group, as well as an Independent Director at Alfa Investus and Inverziona in Panama. In this capacity, he advises corporate and commercial clients on a variety of financial matters, such as structuring the economic viability of real estate projects, real estate investment funds, factoring, and specialized financial consulting connecting businesses with capital and capital with businesses.

Carlos brings over two decades of experience gained working with leading financial institutions in the Central America region, including Multibank, Balboa Bank & Trust, and HSBC Panama/Banistmo. Throughout his career, he has held senior management positions in the areas of Credit and Risk, demonstrating his expertise in these critical areas.

Carlos holds a Master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on finance from the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT) and an academic year from the Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE), as well as a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on management from Southern Connecticut State University.

Arturo has participated in projects ranging from highly quantitative cases – appraisals, risk management assessments, competition investigations and dumping determination, forensic accounting and statistical analysis – to cases involving a high degree of qualitative and systemic analysis, such as the identification and mapping of transnational corruption schemes, national-level political analysis, comprehensive profiles of politically exposed persons, and design and implementation of FCPA manuals and best practices for multinational corporations and financial institutions.

Arturo has provided Prevention of Money Laundering (AML) Assessments and solutions for multiple entities in Panama such as real estate companies, casinos, free zone companies and banks, as well as for companies in the United States such as casinos and cryptocurrency money services businesses. .

He has extensive knowledge of the political and economic landscape of Latin America that he uses to provide investors and international organizations with an understanding of the latent risks in investments, corruption and projects when relating to specific geographical parts.

Since the beginning of his consulting career, Arturo has leveraged the skills he developed as an economist to address highly complex cases. This implies that it seeks to obtain, first, a holistic conception of the variables involved in its projects to design personalized solutions that are distinguished from the competition by their elegance and effectiveness. Also used this systems-based approach to manage and structure consulting teams, assigning the best combinations of skills, techniques and professionals for each case.

As a consultant with experience in multiple practices, Arturo is involved in the entire process, from the identification of possible opportunities through market research, to the design of solutions, assignment and collaboration with the teams of each case until the proposal is fulfilled.

Eduardo Elneser is an expert in Global Investigations and Strategic Intelligence based in Panama. Civil engineer by profession, graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Master in Finance from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, and currently in the process of obtaining a Master's degree in Business Administration.

With extensive experience in topics related to financial valuations, corporate investigations, due diligence procedures and background checks, monitoring and transactional analysis in forensic accounting projects, reputational profiling, corporate compliance in AML/CFT and OFAC; implementation of corporate compliance policies and procedures, design of corporate governance standards, as well as independent reviews of AML controls of various financial institutions, large-scale economic valuations, market research, strategic intelligence, and e-Discovery.

Elneser has worked mainly as a consultant in several companies in the global consulting sector in Bogotá and Panama such as BRG and J.S Held. This has allowed him to participate in projects in several countries in Latin America, Central America, the Caribbean and also the United States. Likewise, he worked as a financial evaluation and control professional as a cash flow, profit and loss, and budget analyst for one of the largest public and private infrastructure construction companies in Colombia, with a project portfolio of more than USD $500 million.

He is involved in developing comprehensive research, financial analysis, large-scale valuations and investigations focused on economic data, market research, macroeconomic analysis, designing and implementing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) frameworks for large-scale financial institutions and strengthening monitoring and control processes within its operations.

Mr. Elneser also has additional knowledge and studies in topics related to financial markets and institutions, stock and securities markets, data science and programming.