Ms. Adriana Dantas is an international lawyer who heads the Compliance, Internal Investigations and White Collar Practices of Lefosse LLP. Adriana holds a Ph.D. in International Economic Law from University of Sao Paulo (2008), title obtained with the highest distinction, and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law School (2006-2007). She obtained a Master of Laws (L.L.M.) with Merit from University of London, King’s College (2001) and was a Chevening Scholar, British Council (2000-2001). She obtained a J.D. degree from University of Brasilia in 1999. She has served as member of Petrobras Independent Board Committee on Integrity between 2019 and June 2022, period during which she was the managing and founding partner of Adriana Dantas LLP. She also practices in International Trade Law, where she represents companies and associations in international disputes, particularly disputes before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body. Adriana has written on issues of international anti-corruption law and enforcement, and on international trade law; a frequent speaker in international conferences. She has also served as a partner and head of the Compliance and International Trade Practices of BMA Attorneys at Law (2008-2011), and a Foreign Counsel at King & Spalding LLP (2008-2011)

Juan Carlos De la Hoz is the Country Representative at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Office in Ecuador. Prior to Ecuador he was Country representative in Barbados (since 2016) and worked as Chief of Operations in IDB’s Brazil and Mexico Country Offices. Juan Carlos De la Hoz has over 20 years’ experience with the IDB, having joined the staff in 1999 as Senior Social Development Specialist with a particular focus on Health. From 2005 to 2006 he served as Division Chief (a.i) of the Social Programs Division in the Regional Operations Department. He is a Medical Doctor and received a M.Sc. in Health Economics from the University of York in the U.K.

Mr. Don Scott De Amicis is a Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, the co-director of the Center for International Business and the Law and on the faculty at the International Law Institute. He is a member of Sanctions Appeals Bodies of the EBRD and involved in international dispute resolution as an independent arbitrator and mediator. He is also a senior advisor with Transnational Strategy Group, LLP and an Expert-Advisor to the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Commerce Department. Don has also served as the Executive Director of the National Law Center for Inter American Free Trade, a Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona Law School, a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and a Senior Lecturer at Leiden University. From 2011 to 2014, he was General Counsel of the OPIC. Prior to that, he had been a senior partner at Ropes & Gray LLP. He has long been active in the American Bar Association and its rule of law initiatives; served as chair of the Section of International Law and is currently serving on the ABA’s Middle East and North Africa Rule of Law Initiative Council. Don is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A.) and received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Mr. Parrish is an independent compliance and investigations consultant. He frequently conducts investigations into allegations of wrongdoing in Latin America, including fraud, corruption, collusion, financial misstatements, price-fixing, self-dealing and other related forms of misconduct. Between 2015-2023, Mr. Parrish was a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, where he was the practice leader for investigations and intelligence gathering in Latin America. Mr. Parrish previously practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb (New York) and White & Case (São Paulo, Miami). He holds a J.D.degree from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Parrish also received an M.A. degree in International Economics and Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from the University of Texas. In 1997, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina.

Ms. Geovana Acosta serves as Operational Sr Advisor at the Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation Division (CTI) of the IDB where she is leading the design and management of operations and technical cooperations to improve competitiveness, science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining CTI, Geovana worked as a Senior Advisor at the IDB’s Office of the Presidency where she managed strategic, financial planning and programing issues. She has also worked at the IDB’s Vice-presidency of Countries as Country Coordinator for the Andean region. She is an Economist from the National University of Colombia and holds a master’s degree in Public Policy in International Development at Georgetown University.

Mr. John A. (Jack) Detzner has been an international trade compliance lawyer in a Washington, D.C. law firm for over 30 years.  Prior to that time, he lived in Ecuador, engaged in rural development work, and in Chile, engaged in human rights work.  From 2011 through 2014, he served as an External Member of the IDB Group Sanctions Committee. He previously served as a co-chair of the ABA Task Force on International Standards for Corrupt Practices, and as a member of the Board of Advisers to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reporter.  Currently he is a member of the ABA’s Anti-Corruption Committee. Jack is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B.) and Harvard Law School (J.D.).

Carolyn Robert has more than twenty years of experience working on development issues in the Inter-American Development Bank.

Mrs. Robert has served the Bank in different capacities throughout her professional career. She is currently a Strategic Advisor for the Vice-President for Countries. She also served as IDB Country Manager in Chile, where she was responsible for managing dialogue with the country, including managing the Bank’s relationship with public and private sector clients, and leading the preparation, execution, and supervision of operations in the country. For many years, she also served as Lead Specialist in international trade policy and regional integration. She also served in the Bank’s office in Europe in Paris, as part of the IDB objective of strengthening the dialogue and alliances with non-regional countries and constituencies of the development community, including trust fund donors, co-financing counterparts, private sector and international organizations.

Prior to her job at the IDB, Mrs. Robert worked as principal advisor and international trade negotiator at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica.

Mrs. Robert is a lawyer and, holds a master’s on International Economic Law from the Sorbonne University in Paris and is the author of several publications on international trade matters.

Mr. Jorge Pacheco Klein is the Chief of the Special Assets Division at IDB Invest. As such, he is tasked with maximizing recoveries and minimizing losses from non-performing loans, guarantees and equity investments, and sharing lessons learned throughout the organization. A Uruguayan lawyer with more than thirty-three years of experience, he joined the IDB Group in 2001, where he has always led the workout and recovery efforts, both at the IIC and later at IDB Invest. Before that, he served as General Counsel for EnergyWorks, LLC (Iberdrola Group), associate with Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP in the project finance group, and before that, he served as an elected Member of Congress, House of Representatives, in Uruguay. He has been appointed as Alternate Internal Member of the Sanctions Committee for IDB Invest in November 2022. Jorge holds a law degree from the Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay and an LL.M. from the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington D.C. He is admitted to practice in Uruguay, New York, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court. He also holds executive education certificates in finance from Columbia University and ITAM (Mexico).