Our Latin America Experts

Mexico

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Pablo Zárate

Senior Managing Director, Mexico Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Pablo Zárate

Pablo Zárate is a senior managing director within FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment, based in Houston and Mexico City. He is a leader of the segment’s Latin America Public Affairs practice and focuses on developing and overseeing issue management programs to address high-stakes corporate challenges such as acute political risk, disputes, complex financial transactions, regulatory issues, and reputational crises.

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Jorge Padilla

Managing Director, Mexico Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Jorge Padilla

Jorge Padilla is a Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting, specializing in public affairs, government, and media relations across several industries, including energy, industrials, and infrastructure. He previously served as Deputy Editor-In-Chief of Mexico’s leading newspaper REFORMA, and co-led MURAL Newspaper in Guadalajara.

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Damián Martínez Tagüeña

Managing Director, Mexico Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Damián Martínez Tagüeña

Damián Martínez Tagüeña is a Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment, based in Mexico City. Damián advises companies on complex public affairs and regulatory issues, as well as on reputational crises and disputes. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Damián served in the Mexican diplomatic corps for nearly 20 years, most recently as Chief of Staff of the Deputy Secretary of Foreign Relations.

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Isaac Morales

Senior Director
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Communications

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Isaac Morales

Isaac Morales leads FTI Consulting’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Communications practice in Mexico. With more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and international security, he has advised both government and private corporations on risks and  complex cyber incidents.

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Alejandra Soto

Director, Mexico Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Alejandra Soto

Alejandra Soto is a Director in FTI Consulting’s Government and Public Affairs practice based in Mexico City. She has 10 years of experience advising companies across industries with operations and investments in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean on how to successfully navigate complex political, regulatory and security environments. She is a leading expert on Mexico, strategic intelligence and risk analysis.

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Brazil

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Adriana Prado

Managing Director, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Communications

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Adriana Prado

Adriana Prado leads FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications team in Brazil and the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Communications practice in Latin America. She frequently speaks about cyber incident preparedness and response at top-tier events in Latin America and is a guest professor at Brazilian business school Insper.

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Kelly Souza

Director, Brazil Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Kelly Souza

Kelly Souza is a Director within FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment, based in São Paulo. She specializes in strategic and crisis communications, cybersecurity incident response and preparedness, reputation management, and ESG strategy and positioning for national and multinational companies in diverse industries, such as financial services, technology and consumer products, among others.

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Gustavo Morales Oliver

Managing Director, Head of Brazil Forensic Litigation Consulting

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Gustavo Morales Oliver

Gustavo Morales Oliver is a member of FTI Consulting Forensic Litigation Consulting’s Risk and Investigations team. He works closely with Strategic Communications across a range of Latin American topics. Gustavo has more than 20 years of experience advising clients across Latin America in internal and government investigations, compliance, anti-corruption, litigation, M&A, cross-border matters, business intelligence, risk management and crisis management. He specializes in articulating and implementing strategies with external and in-house legal counsel, as well as with board members and executives in a wide range of matters.

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Colombia

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Jorge Del Castillo

Managing Director, Corporate Reputation
Strategic Communications

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Jorge Del Castillo

Jorge Del Castillo leads FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment in Colombia. With more than 20 years of experience, he advises clients from the public, private and multilateral sectors on reputation protection and enhancement strategies, public affairs, risk mitigation and crisis management.

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Juliana Gomez

Senior Director, Colombia Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Juliana Gomez

Juliana Gomez is a Senior Director within FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment, based in Bogotá. She specializes in the development and implementation of corporate affairs, public policy, stakeholders’ engagement, crisis management and corporate communication strategies. She helps multinational companies and local conglomerates with operations in Colombia and the rest of the Americas, in sectors such as food and beverage, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, technology and infrastructure, anticipate and mitigate risks to maintain their license to operate.

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Ana Maria Muñoz

Senior Director, Corporate Reputation
Strategic Communications

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Ana Maria Muñoz

Ana Maria Muñoz leads FTI Consulting’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Communications team in Colombia. She is a lawyer and an expert in corporate reputation, brand positioning and crisis management.

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Juan Viana

Senior Director, Colombia Public Affairs
Strategic Communications

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Juan Viana

Juan Viana is a former high-level Colombian government official and has more than 10 years of professional consulting experience focusing on public affairs. He advises clients with interests in Colombia’s energy, oil and gas, technology and pharmaceutical sectors on communications strategies to overcome regulatory and reputation challenges.

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Pablo Amaya

Managing Director, Head of Colombia Forensic Litigation Consulting

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Pablo Amaya

Pablo Amaya leads FTI Consulting’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice in Colombia and is a member of the Global Risk and Investigations Practice. With more than 12 years of reputational risk analysis and mitigation experience, he consults on a wide range of investigative and litigation support matters and focuses on the energy, infrastructure, pharmaceutical and retail sectors.

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Ana Heeren

Senior Managing Director, Head of Latin America
Strategic Communications

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About Our Latin America Practice

FTI Consulting advises companies doing business across Latin America to navigate the stakeholder dynamics around high profile corporate events, from transactions and market entry to crisis, disputes and litigation. We help clients anticipate critical political, policy and reputational risks and effectively overcome them, unlocking long term opportunity. Our Latin America practice works in a coordinated manner through our offices in Mexico City, Bogotá, and São Paulo, as well as with our teams in Washington D.C., Brussels, Madrid, Houston, Miami, and other important hubs. Through our vast network of strategic partners, we have coverage on all Latin American countries.

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