Iliana Salazar Escobar

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Iliana Salazar Escobar – Partner
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Iliana Salazar – Escobar joined the firm in 2018 and has proved to have extensive experience in the development and management of new businesses at national and international levels. For more than 7 years, Iliana worked for the government of the United Kingdom, supporting the expansion of British companies into international markets. Her prime role in this concern was to ensure that her clients’ business models and plans were suitable for the international stage. In this respect she ensured that their organisations were fit and ready to export to the Latin American market and undertook in-depth reviews of their distribution and collaboration agreements.

Additionally, Iliana worked for several years at the Institute for the Protection of Bank Savings (IPAB, from its Spanish initials), where she excelled at forging international standards inter-institutional links within the public and private sectors. She has accumulated a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the banking industry and has an exceptional record for implementing compliance processes within the sector. Among her recent successes are the review, preparation and negotiation of credit contracts and derivative financial agreements (forwards, swaps, options and futures), as well as the review of international legal standards regarding banking resolution and deposit insurance. Furthermore, in her previous public sector role, Ms. Salazar was responsible for coordinating the activities relating to Corporate Governance and for being the organisations key liaison person with other Mexican financial institutions such as the Bank of Mexico and the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV, from its Spanish acronym); as well as with international authorities such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Association of Deposit Insurance (IADI), and domestic and international banks.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Project Management: Preparation for the PMI Certificate – ITESM. Mexico. 2017
• MBA in Banking and Finance – University of Wales. United Kingdom. 2009
• MA in Business Law – Escuela Libre de Derecho. Mexico. 2006
• BA in Law – Universidad Panamericana. Mexico. 2000

Languages:

• English
• Spanish