Diagnosis
We identify and estimate risks, capabilities and gaps before proposing solutions. We build a baseline to know where to act, what to prioritise and how to measure progress.
IQ / About us
Experts in the analysis and investigation of illicit financial flows
Strategic services and integrated solutions against money laundering, predicate offences, terrorist financing and corruption.
Who we are
A firm built on real experience
IQ Integrity AML brings together more than 20 years of accumulated experience in financial intelligence, money laundering and predicate offence prevention, terrorist financing and corruption risk management.
We work where risk stops being a theoretical concept and becomes a reality with actors, transactions, figures and consequences. We combine technical knowledge, practical experience and strategic and operational analysis to help organisations and public institutions identify, understand and manage their risks and make the best decisions.
Our conviction is simple: making the right decisions starts with working with the right people.
What we do
We close the gap between the rule and what actually happens
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Design
We turn standards, risks and findings into workable solutions: methodologies, models, protocols, tools and roadmaps adapted to each institution's reality.
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Technology and analytics
We transform information into knowledge useful for decision-making. We apply analytics to identify patterns, prioritise risks and strengthen detection.
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Training
We train people to act. We work with cases, typologies and simulated exercises that bring teams close to real situations. Our motto: learning by doing.
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Support and mentoring
We support institutions through critical processes: mutual evaluations on the effective application of FATF standards, institutional strengthening, rolling out improvements, better human capital, better technology, better coordination and cooperation, and we take on cases that demand specialised knowledge.
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Strategic communications
We help communicate decisions, results and sensitive situations with technical rigour, protecting the investigation, institutional reputation and public trust.
Our team
Who answers for the work
Javier Gutiérrez
Executive Director
Economist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia with a master's in Economics. Director General of Colombia's FIU between 2018 and 2022 and national AML coordinator.
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Economist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with a master's degree in Economics from the same university. He completed doctoral coursework in Quantitative Economics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
International adviser on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, and an expert in designing and implementing mechanisms and instruments that strengthen financial intelligence and the effectiveness of AML systems across the region.
He is currently CEO of the international firm IQ Integrity AML, which specialises in integrated AML/CFT solutions, where he has led projects in countries such as Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru and Colombia.
He was Director General of Colombia's Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF) from 2018 to 2022 and national coordinator of the country's AML system. Over the same period he coordinated the Terrorist Financing Working Group (GTFT) of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT).
As Director of the UIAF he secured the re-rating of 10 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations for Colombia to the highest level. He is an expert in the effective implementation of FATF AML standards and in national and sectoral money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments. At the UIAF he led the 2013 and 2019 National Risk Assessments, which gave rise to Colombia's two AML public policies of 2013 and 2021.
He has also served as Director of Economic Studies at the Bogotá Finance Department; Director of Regulation, Planning, Standardisation and Normalisation at the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE); Adviser to the Higher Council for Fiscal Policy of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit; Head of Macroeconomic Measurement and Projections at the National Planning Department (DNP); and Adviser to Ecopetrol's Corporate Vice-Presidency of Compliance.
Nilgen Vargas
Head of AML/CFT Risk and Methodologies
Economist specialised in finance, with broad experience designing methodologies for money laundering and terrorist financing risk systems.
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Economista con especialización en finanzas y amplia experiencia en diseño metodológico de sistemas de riesgo de lavado de activos y financiamiento del terrorismo bajo estándares internacionales. Ha desarrollado Evaluaciones Nacionales y Sectoriales de Riesgo, construcción y ajuste de matrices de riesgos, análisis macrosectorial y desarrollo de indicadores de efectividad.
Sebastián Villegas
Head of Analytics and Financial Intelligence
Specialist in mathematics, data science and advanced analytics applied to complex phenomena, with experience in machine learning and network analysis.
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Especialista en matemáticas, ciencia de datos y analítica avanzada aplicada a fenómenos complejos, con experiencia en machine learning, análisis de redes (grafos) e inteligencia de negocios. Ha aplicado modelos analíticos en entidades públicas para la detección de riesgos, el análisis estratégico y la toma de decisiones basada en evidencia.
Paola Badrán
Head of Operations
Expert in communications strategy and capacity building for AML, counter-terrorist financing and anti-corruption systems.
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Experta en estrategias de comunicación y fortalecimiento de capacidades en sistemas antilavado de activos, contra el financiamiento del terrorismo y anticorrupción. Con más de 20 años de experiencia y participación en el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas, Evaluaciones Nacionales y Sectoriales de riesgo y guías de mejores prácticas antilavado de activos y contra el financiamiento del terrorismo.
Martha Rojas
Head of Compliance and Corporate Integrity
AMLCA certified by FIBA and ISO 37001 anti-bribery certified by APPLUS. Chair of the Colombian Corporate Compliance Committee.
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Profesional certificada Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA) por FIBA y con certificación antisoborno ISO 37001 por APPLUS. Con experiencia en el diseño e implementación de sistemas de gestión de riesgo y cumplimiento, ética empresarial, auditoría y control interno y externo. Presidente del Comité de Cumplimiento Empresarial Colombiano (CCEC).
Katerine Ñungo
Head of Strategic Analysis
Economist from Universidad Santo Tomás with a master's in Finance and Banking from Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Four years as a strategic analyst at Colombia's FIU.
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Economista de la Universidad Santo Tomás de Colombia, magíster en Finanzas y Banca de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, con amplios estudios en gestión integral de riesgos y especial énfasis en riesgo de lavado de activos y financiamiento del terrorismo. Experta en el desarrollo de Evaluaciones Nacionales y Sectoriales de Riesgos, auditorías, análisis económico de sectores y minería de datos. Durante cuatro años se desempeñó como analista estratégica de la Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero (UIAF).
Zeidy Izquierdo
Head of Financial Investigations
Served in Colombia's judiciary from 1993 to 2019 as a specialised prosecutor in money laundering and asset forfeiture.
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Ex servidora de la Rama Judicial de Colombia entre 1993 y 2019. Fue Fiscal Especializada de lavado de activos, tráfico de estupefacientes y extinción de dominio; posteriormente Fiscal Especializada adscrita a la Unidad Nacional Antinarcóticos. También se desempeñó como Fiscal Especializada en la Unidad Nacional de DH y DIH y para el delito de trata de personas.
Roberto Mendoza
Expert in technology applied to ML/TF prevention, with more than 15 years leading projects in highly regulated environments.
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Specialist in designing cybersecurity architectures under ISO 27001, implementing anti-money laundering platforms (including goAML), cryptocurrency forensics and financial data governance. Experienced with Financial Intelligence Units, prosecution services and international organisations.
Why work with IQ Integrity AML
Experience that translates into results
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Experience from every side of the system
A senior team with more than 20 years of accumulated experience in strategic and operational financial intelligence aimed at prevention, detection, investigation and adjudication. We know the challenges and the best solutions for both the public and the private sector.
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Technical knowledge put into practice
We turn standards, regulation and risk analysis into methodologies, tools and solutions institutions can implement and sustain.
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Integrated, multidisciplinary view
We bring together experience in strategic and operational financial intelligence, data analytics, analysis, investigation, risk management, technology, institutional strengthening and strategic communications.
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International experience, solutions adapted to context
We work with specialists and partners across jurisdictions to bring in comparative experience without losing sight of each country's and institution's reality, capabilities and risks.
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A 360° understanding of the system
We work with public institutions, companies, financial entities, supervisors and international cooperation bodies. That experience lets us understand how a decision in one part of the system affects the rest.