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 large volumes of 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
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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Economista de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, magíster en Ciencias Económicas de la misma universidad. Realizó cursos de doctorado en Economía Cuantitativa en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Asesor internacional antilavado de activos y contra el financiamiento del terrorismo, experto en el diseño e implementación de mecanismos para fortalecer la inteligencia financiera y los sistemas antilavado de los países de la región. Fue Director General de la Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero (UIAF) de Colombia entre 2018 y 2022 y coordinador nacional del sistema antilavado, y en ese mismo periodo coordinó el Grupo de Trabajo de Financiamiento del Terrorismo del GAFILAT. En la UIAF lideró las Evaluaciones Nacionales de Riesgo de 2013 y 2019, que derivaron en las dos políticas públicas antilavado de Colombia.
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.
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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An 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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We understand the whole 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.