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Ramón Montero

Chief Operations Officer, COO

General Outline

Ramón Montero is a Chilean lawyer who has dedicated a significant part of his career to the field of Compliance, promoting and monitoring best practices within companies. He is also a distinguished professor in the field, teaching at prestigious universities in Chile.

Professional Career

He earned his law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and later completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law & Economics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Since 2012, Ramón has held a key role at BH Compliance, a company that measures the effectiveness of compliance practices and corporate governance. He currently serves as Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO), where he leads the direction and evaluation of certification and monitoring processes for Crime Prevention Models in companies both in Chile and abroad.

While he has experience in various areas of law, he has become a recognized authority in the Compliance field, promoting a culture of integrity and leading more than 2,000 certification processes in Chile and internationally. In addition, he regularly contributes opinion columns on Compliance-related topics to local and international media, where he shares his insights and expertise.

Since 2014, he has been a professor in the Diploma in Compliance and Corporate Best Practices program at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Since 2017, he has taught in the Diploma in Fraud Prevention, Detection and Investigation at the School of Economics at the University of Chile. Since 2022, he has also been a professor in the Executive Education program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

        

Education

  • Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Diploma (ECLA), Columbia University, 2021
  • Master in Law & Economics, Utrecht University, 2010.
  • Lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2002.

Relevant Positions

  • COO, BH Compliance, 2012 – Present
  • Consultant Compliance and Operational Risk areas, Rabobank International, The Netherlands, 2010 – 2011
  • Lawyer, Rabobank Chile, 2006 – 2009

Publications

  • Obligation to Guarantee Contracts of Promise to Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, Green Sales. Thesis, 2004.
  • An Economic and Practical Approach of Fair Trade, Master Thesis, 2010.

Awards

  • Named “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 in the Compliance category
  • Finalist, The Legal 500 Latin America 2024 – “Compliance Lawyer of the Year” category