Risk Management and Financial Crimes in the Digital Era

Serving as National Treasury Attorney in Brazil, Ana holds a Law degree and a postgraduate specialization in Constitutional Law. She began her career as an attorney at Petrobras and has served with the Office of the National Treasury Attorney General (PGFN) since 2008. 

She represents PGFN within Brazil’s National Strategy to Combat Corruption and Money Laundering (ENCCLA), contributing to key initiatives involving cryptoassets and blockchain technology. She helped coordinate ENCCLA Action 08/2019, which led to the publication of the Guide to Best Practices for Cryptoasset Investigations. 

Ana has participated in multiple task forces focused on crypto asset-related enforcement and was involved in one of the largest bitcoin seizures in Brazil—estimated at approximately R$ 200 million—during Operation Kryptos, conducted by the Federal Police and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, 

Mariana Ortiz is a Managing Director in the Strategic Investigations & Strategy practice at Elytron Security, where she leads the structuring and execution of strategic investigations, corporate intelligence, and decision-support initiatives in sensitive, complex, and high-impact contexts involving significant reputational, financial, and institutional risk. 

A lawyer with a well-established career at the intersection of legal practice, corporate investigations, governance, compliance, risk management, and security, Mariana advises companies, boards of directors, and law firms in matters such as litigation and arbitration support, corporate crises, shareholder disputes, sensitive due diligences, and investigations involving fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest, and hidden assets. 

She has prior international experience in the insurance and corporate risk sectors, having held leadership roles at global groups including Zurich Insurance and Generali, in addition to her work in law firms and specialized consulting practices. Her approach is defined by the integration of investigative expertise, legal analysis, strategic intelligence, technology, and risk management, with a strong focus on evidence-based decision-making. 

With more than 25 years of experience in risk management, compliance, and governance, Andréa Brito is the founder of Risk Goal, an independent firm providing risk and operational management solutions for asset and wealth managers. 

She serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the PUC-Rio Endowment and brings extensive leadership experience as a partner and senior executive responsible for risk and compliance at Grou Capital and GP/BRZ Investimentos. 

Andréa began her career at Barraconsult (MSCI), worked as an analyst at Credit Suisse, and held roles in asset allocation at Ney Brito & Associados. 

She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from FGV, an MBA in Finance from IBMEC, a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from PUC-Rio, and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM). 

With more than twenty years of experience in financial services, technology, AI, and blockchain analytics, Drey brings a wealth of expertise to his roles. He currently serves as the LatAm Sales Director at Chainalysis and has held positions at DataRobot, Symphony, and Bloomberg in the past.