The professionals behind the seal
Our multidisciplinary team has multijurisdictional training and experience, being the guarantee behind the Zela seal. They are the professionals who transform theoretical compliance into daily practice.
Multijurisdictionality is not marketing — it is the reality of our team. Professionals trained at Harvard, Cambridge, LSE, Tsinghua and Columbia; certified in multiple regulatory systems; with a career path in international organizations such as the UN, UNDP and IMO. Compliance that crosses borders.
Board Chair and Co-founder
PhD in International Law from USP. National Secretary of Justice, Director of DRCI and member of COAF. Coordinator of ENCCLA, Vice-President of the Conference of the Parties to UNTOC and Consultant to UNODC. Negotiated legal cooperation treaties with Germany, Spain and China.
Co-founder and Consultant
Master's in Criminal Law from USP. Attorney admitted to the California Bar Association. Extensive national and international experience in crisis management and compliance programs, particularly in the banking and capital markets sector. Assists companies in implementing preventive and mitigating measures for financial and reputational risks.
CEO
LL.M from the London School of Economics (Chevening Scholar) and Master's from Tsinghua University (Schwarzman Scholar). Consultant to UNDP and international coordinator of ABA. Speaker at Oxford, the National Congress, STF and the Central Bank. Specialist in digital assets.
Board Member
Journalist and Historian from PUC-RJ. Co-founding partner of Danthi Comunicações, specializing in corporate communications. Over 20 years of experience in corporate communications. Former Opinion Editor and editorial writer for Jornal do Brasil.
Board Member and Consultant
PhD in Criminal Law from USP. Post-doctoral researcher at LMU Munich and the University of Augsburg (Humboldt Research Fellowship). Professor and coordinator of the Economic Criminal Law Research Group at FGV Direito SP. Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court. Advisor to a Justice at the STF.
Board Member
Economist. Banco do Brasil employee for over 30 years, retired as Director of Institutional Security. Director on executive committees for AML, Cybersecurity and Fraud Prevention at Febraban. Member of supervisory boards at multiple companies.
Consultant
Attorney admitted to the New York Bar and Solicitor registered with the Law Society of England and Wales. Participated in multi-jurisdictional leniency agreements (Rolls-Royce and Amec Foster-Wheeler). Structuring of compliance programs in the technology, energy, oil and gas, mining and financial sectors.
Consultant
Master's and Specialist from PUC-SP (State Law and Business Law). 11 years at the Federal Public Ministry and 18 years at the Municipal Court of Accounts of São Paulo (Chief of Staff, nomination as Alternate Councilor). Specialist in public contracts, regulation and public sanctions.
Consultant
MBA from FIPECAFI. Banco do Brasil (8+ years, AML/CFT). Intelligence Analyst at COAF. Internal Controls, Risk and Compliance Manager at Empresa Gestora de Ativos (EMGEA).
Consultant
Master's in Law, State and Constitution from UnB. State Attorney at MPDFT for over 24 years. National Secretary of Justice. Member of CNMP for two terms. Focus on anti-corruption legislation, administrative misconduct, data protection and sanctioning law.
Consultant
PhD in Criminal Law from USP, with research at Columbia Law School and post-doctorate at Harvard Law School. Professor of Economic Criminal Law at FGV-SP and Legislative Consultant to the Federal Senate. Federal Judge for 15 years at the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Court in SP — presided over the first insider trading cases in Brazil.
Consultant
LL.M First Class from King's College, University of Cambridge. Training in AI Policy (Humboldt-Universität) and North American law (Ohio State). Member of the Brazilian delegation to the IMO. Director of CasaInfra. Compliance, administrative law and public contracts in the maritime and energy sectors.
Consultant
Master's in Business Management from FGV. Law and Economics graduate. AML/CFT Manager at Banco do Brasil. Strategic Analysis General Coordinator at COAF. Risk Management and Internal Controls Superintendent at EMGEA.
Consultant
PhD in Law from USP. Worked on cases involving financial crimes, capital markets, crimes against public administration, tax and environmental crimes. Experience in structuring AML compliance programs, anti-corruption, private fraud and personal data management.
Consultant
Specialist in international relations and international legal cooperation. Head of the Special International Advisory Office of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Director of International Relations at SAE/PR. Fluent in Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese.
Consultant
Engineer with over 27 years of experience in public service concession contract management, infrastructure and corporate governance. CEO of a solid waste concessionaire and of an Italian-Brazilian binational holding company. Experience in operational, regulatory and compliance risks in multijurisdictional environments.
Consultant
Specialist in international strategy and negotiation, sustainability and legal cooperation. Specialization from UnB and FGV in Strategic Carbon Management. Executive Secretary for International Cooperation at the Attorney General's Office.
Consultant
Specialist in regulatory technology and development of digital solutions for compliance and fraud prevention. Leads the technological development of ZelaTech — Zela's regulatory intelligence platform — and coordinates the integration between regulatory expertise and AML/CTF and anti-fraud process automation.