Our Team

General Outline

Susana Sierra is a global leader in the field of compliance and corporate governance, recognized for her influential work in promoting transparency, ethics and good practices in the private sector.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recognized her as a Young Global Leader (YGL) in 2020.

Professional Career

She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where she also obtained her Master in Business Administration (MBA).

Ms. Sierra is the CEO of BH Compliance, an enterprise that measures the effectiveness of compliance and corporate governance practices, allowing companies to evaluate and verify the efficacy of their good practices, in addition to facilitating the early detection of possible gaps to correct them on time.

Ms. Sierra sits on the boards of the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Chile), the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and Caribbean (AACCLA) and the Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) in Miami. She is also a member of the Forbes Business Council and a mentor of Endeavor Chile.

In 2020, Ms. Sierra was recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Young Global Leader (YGL), which aims to strengthen the leadership skills of influential professionals to advance a global sustainable future. In 2023 she was recognized as CEO of the year by The Women in Governance, Risk & Compliance.

She also has experience in the field of entrepreneurship. She founded the “Independizate Foundation”, a civil society organization that aims to provide methodological support to entrepreneurs in various fields, mostly professionals who have decided to work for themselves and require support in their business models in a competitive environment and demanding market.

Ms. Sierra’s influence extends globally, as seen in her engagements as a speaker at prestigious events such as the #RISK London 2023, Nexus 2023, the Cities Summit of the Americas 2023, and the IX Summit of the Americas, among others.

Ms. Sierra’s impact is acknowledged at national and international levels. She was recently recognized as CEO of the Year by The Women in Governance, Risk & Compliance, as well as the “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” Award by TITAN Awards Women in Business. Her outstanding leadership has been acknowledged three times with the “100 Mujeres Líderes” award in Chile. Furthermore, she received the “Hispanic Leadership Award” in the Business Award category from the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Miami, and in 2018, Ms. Sierra was honored with the “Women Who Make a Difference” award by the International Women Forum in the United States.

In the academic world, from 2014 to 2020, she was co-director of the Compliance and Corporate Best Practices Diploma at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). In addition, she is a professor of the MBA UC and other universities worldwide.  

She regularly participates in seminars, congresses, and talks related to the topic of compliance, organizational culture, and good practices within companies, both in Chile and abroad. She is also a regular columnist in La Tercera and El Mostrador in Chile, and in Forbes and Daily Business Review, through which she disseminates her opinion on current issues related to corruption and organizational culture.

She is currently based in Miami, where BH Compliance works with transnational companies with subsidiaries in Latin America.