Rogelio Lopez
Rogelio Lopez

Senior Compliance & Ethics Executive

Open to offers · Member since 25 Sep 2026
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a senior compliance, ethics, audit, and regulatory executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across major financial institutions in Mexico and Latin America.

I specialize in designing and implementing enterprise compliance programs, audit frameworks, and governance controls that align business operations with regulatory expectations and corporate standards.

My expertise includes anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, KYC, conduct risk, consumer protection, data privacy, investigations, issue remediation, and regulatory advisory.

I have led regional assurance and compliance activities across Mexico and Central America, partnering with senior executives, boards, regulators, and multicultural teams to strengthen organizational integrity.

I bring extensive experience engaging with Mexican financial regulators, including CNBV and Banxico, and translating regulatory requirements into practical monitoring, testing, and control methodologies.

I am a native Spanish speaker with fluent English and am currently providing independent audit and compliance advisory services to financial-sector clients.

Skills

20 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Consultant – Audit & Compliance CASES, S.A.

I provide high-level ethics, compliance, and regulatory advisory services to fintech, banking, and insurance clients.

My work supports compliance-program design, control enhancement, and validation of regulatory and corporate-governance alignment.

Internal Audit Director Grupo Elektra

I directed audit, ethics, and compliance oversight across a diversified financial group covering banking, money transmission, brokerage, insurance, and pensions. I served as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on governance, ethical standards, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.

I led regional LATAM assurance and compliance activities across Mexico and Central America, strengthening anti-corruption, AML/KYC, conduct-risk, and customer-protection frameworks. I also implemented monitoring and testing methodologies, automated controls, real-time analytics, and digital compliance-process improvements while building multicultural teams.

Internal Audit Director American Express Bank, Mexico

I directed risk-based audit and compliance programs for personal banking and credit products.

I acted as the primary liaison with CNBV and Banxico, supporting regulatory-compliance validation and resolution of regulatory findings.

Internal Auditor (Vice President) The Bank of New York Mellon, Mexico

I established the Internal Audit and governance framework from the organization’s inception.

I developed policies and controls that supported successful CNBV licensing and reinforced ethical and corporate-governance standards.

Head of Monitoring, Testing & Reporting – Regulatory Compliance Citi Banamex

I founded and led the Compliance Monitoring, Testing & Reporting function, covering regulatory requirements for consumer and corporate customers across the Citi Banamex financial group.

I designed controls, testing methodologies, risk assessments, and compliance programs covering consumer protection, AML, anti-corruption, data privacy, conduct risk, and business continuity. I represented the organization in global regulatory risk committees and consistently achieved satisfactory CNBV outcomes.

Bank Inspector – Funds Management National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV)

I performed on-site regulatory inspections of treasury, trust, and credit operations.

I identified operational and regulatory risks and recommended improvements to governance, compliance, and corporate-control frameworks.

Education

Learning history

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

MBA

Master of Business Administration.

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Accounting

Certified Public Accountant education.

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