Members of the Sanctions Committee

Adriana Dantas heads the Compliance & Internal Investigations and International Trade Practices of Lefosse LLP. She lectures at FGV Law in Sao Paulo and Florida International University. Ms. Dantas 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 an LL.M. degree with Merit from University of London, King’s College (2001) and was a Chevening Scholar, British Council (2000-2001). She obtained an LL.B. degree from University of Brasilia in 1999.

Ms. Dantas 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 has written on issues of international anti-corruption law and enforcement, and on international trade law. She has also served as a partner and head of the Compliance and International Trade Practices of BMA Attorneys at Law (2012-2019) and as a Foreign Counsel at King & Spalding LLP (2007-2012). She worked as a consultant on international dispute settlement for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and for the World Trade Organization.

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.

Gavin Parrish is an independent compliance and investigations consultant. He conducts investigations into allegations of wrongdoing in Latin America, including fraud, corruption, collusion, financial misstatements, price-fixing, and self-dealing. Mr. Parrish also serves as a part-time staff attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, one of the largest legal aid organizations in the United States that provides free civil legal services to Texas residents along the entire Texas-Mexico border. Between 2015-2023, he was a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, where he was the practice leader for investigations and intelligence gathering in Latin America. He previously practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb (New York) and White & Case (Sao Paulo and Miami). Mr. Parrish holds a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law, an M.A. in International Economics and Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a B.A. from the University of Texas. In 1997, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina.

Benjamin Sanderson is an independent arbitrator and counsel based in Madrid and London, with over 20 years of experience in international dispute resolution. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of ICC UK’s Arbitration and ADR Committee. Mr. Sanderson has worked at leading international law firms, advising both States and private parties in complex commercial and investment treaty claims, and has also advised international organizations on matters of public international law. He teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Master’s programs at Universidad Carlos III and IE University in Madrid. Mr. Sanderson is a UK national, and speaks English, French and Spanish.

Jorge E. Viñuales holds the Harold Samuel Chair of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge and is a Professor of International Law at LUISS University in Rome. With an extensive practice as international arbitrator in foreign investment disputes, he currently serves as Chair of the Compliance Committee of the UNECE/WHO-Europe Protocol on Water and Health and is a member of the Institut de Droit International and of the arbitrator panels of ICSID and of the SCIA. Prof. Viñuales has previously served as Director-General of the Latin-American Society of International Law.

A dual Swiss/Argentine national, Prof. Viñuales holds degrees from institutions in Argentina, Switzerland, France, and the United States, including law degrees from UNICEN and University of Freiburg; a BA and MA in international relations from the Graduate Institute of Geneva; a BA and MA from the University of Geneva; a Doctorat from Sciences Po; and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Prof. Viñuales’ native language is Spanish, and he is fluent in English, French, and Italian.

Francesca Castellani has served as Chief of the Strategy and Monitoring Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC since November 2020. She has also held the positions of Principal Economist in the Office of the Vice President for Countries, Lead Economist for the Andean Country Department in Washington, DC, and Country Economist in the IDB Office in Bogotá. She joined the IDB in December 2003. Francesca has worked at the OECD in Paris, the World Bank in Washington, DC, and UNCTAD in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan and earned both a master's and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Carolyn Robert currently serves as Strategic Advisor for the Vice-President for Countries at the Inter-American Development Bank, where she has over twenty years of experience working on development issues. She also served the IDB as the Country Manager in Chile and as a Lead Specialist in international trade policy and regional integration. She also served in the Bank’s Europe Office in Paris. Prior to her job at the IDB, she 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 in International Economic Law from the Sorbonne University, in Paris, and is the author of several publications on international trade matters.

Janne Sevanto is the Treasurer of IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the IDB Group. He oversees the corporation’s funding, liquid asset management, local currency financing and its balance sheet management activities. Janne has over 20 years of experience in development finance across treasury, business, and products areas. 

Prior to joining IDB Invest, Janne managed Treasury Client Solutions’ business for Latin America and the Caribbean for International Finance Corporation (IFC). He also worked at the European Investment Fund (EIF) facilitating financing for small businesses in Europe through structured credit products and guarantees. Janne is a Finnish national with degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tampere University and in Financial Engineering from Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.