Expert in prevention of money laundering. After 12 years in the Directorate General of Banking Supervision of the Bank of Spain and 8 years in SEPBLAC, she served two years as Head of Prevention of Money Laundering at Andbank Spain, leading efforts relating to procedures for the prevention of money laundering, systems for risk allocation to new clients and review of legacy risk allocation systems, detection of deficiencies in internal control tools and proposal of new alerts, analysis of suspicious transactions and reporting suspicious transactions to SEPBLAC.
In 2017 she started a new project as consultant in the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, as founding partner of a new consulting firm: Diagnóstico del Riesgo de Blanqueo, DRB. She joined Garrigues on March 2020 to boost the anti money laundering practice.
Pilar combines her professional activity with academic activities and regularly collaborate with the Autonomous University of Madrid, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), where she coordinates an Specialied Program in the Prevention area, and professional associations in courses on Prevention of Money Laundering.
Academic background:
Degree in Law, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
Degree in Economics and Business, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).