About

Juan Héctor Castro is a Salvadoran legal and compliance expert with substantial experience across different branches of the law, as well as expertise in corporate governance and risk management. Currently serving as a compliance officer at Credicomer, a major Salvadoran financial institution, Castro represents his employer before El Salvador’s Financial Investigations Unit of the Attorney General of the Republic and the Superintendence of the Financial System in all reporting requirements, audit and work related to compliance and prevention of money laundering. During his relatively short tenure at Credicomer, Castro has been able to develop, implement and update manuals, policies and procedures, as well design internal controls to establish and maintain a culture of compliance. In addition, he has improved employees’ understanding of, and focus on, the prevention and control of the risks related to money laundering by undertaking extensive training sessions across the company. Since 2015, Castro has also been involved in academia serving as professor for the module of “Compliance and Prevention of Money Laundering” for the international postgraduate course in Business Law at the Higher Institute of Economics and Business Administration (ISEADE), and as facilitator of seminars in the El Salvador Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC). Previously Castro held various legal and compliance positions in El Salvador at Tigo El Salvador, AFP GROW and On Time. Castro has been praised by a colleague for his ‘strategic perspective, excellent skills and great personality’.