Screening in Latin America? Top Tips to Mitigate Risk

Marlus Coutinho

Senior Vice President, Latin America

Marlus Coutinho is Senior Vice President, Latin America, for First Advantage. As a highly accomplished senior executive, he thrives on new challenges that are results driven. Marlus is a driver of global operations transformation and designed and executed a 5-year transformation that dramatically improved speed, quality, and client experience while delivering more than $40M in cost reduction. He has created and galvanized a strategic global team in 80+ countries, focused on turning data into insightful storytelling, interfacing with clients to deliver research studies and market insights proactively. Marlus received his undergrad from Universidade Metodista de São Paulo and an advanced degrees from Harvard: Global Strategic Management and the Wharton School: MBA.

JP Paredes

Vice President of Product Latin America

JP Paredes is Vice President of Product, Latin America, for First Advantage. He is a multi-country, multi-cultural experienced professional with over 25 years driving corporate risk management and background screening innovation. He has lived and worked in Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, USA, Curacao, and Indonesia holding positions such as the Chief Risk Officer and Vice President of Operations. In addition, he has worked as a university professor and speaker on Risk Management, Business Resiliency, Security, and Crisis Management. He obtained an Industrial Engineer degree

with postgraduate studies in security management from Javeriana University in Colombia, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada in Colombia and Georgetown University in the United States.

David Robillard

Senior Vice President Latin America

David is Senior Vice President for the Latam Team at First Advantage; he has more than thirty-five years of international experience in the fields of reputational and employment risks, having worked in Latin America, Europe and Africa. Prior to joining FA, he was the co-founder of Mexico-based MultiLatin Background Screening and held numerous management positions at a global risk consultancy, including that of Deputy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently he is the Chair of the Latin American Task Force for PBSA (Professional Background Screening Association). Between 2013 and 2015 he was Board Chair for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico.