Mr. Federici is an international expert in the field of financial integrity. He has a vast experience in advising jurisdictions, international organizations and the private sector, and has held senior public responsibilities at the national and international levels, in the area of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF).
He is currently Senior Managing Director at K2 Integrity adding value to the firm’s unrivaled expertise and ability to serve both jurisdictional and private sector clients through a wide range of services ranging from strategic advisory services, risk assessments, and financial crimes mitigation, to financial intelligence services, investigations, compliance and cyber defense, among other.
Mr. Federici has successfully managed public sector institutions, large teams and projects and has exercised leadership in his home country, at the regional and global levels, making important contributions to promoting financial integrity in the international financial system.
Mr. Federici was President of Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit (Argentina’s FIU) from January 2016 to January 2020, exercising regulatory, financial intelligence and criminal justice responsibilities. During his term in office, Mr. Federici held numerous international positions at global AML/CFT organizations, such as:
• CHAIR of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.
• Vice Chair of the Egmont Group’s Committee.
• Regional Representative for the Americas at the Egmont Group.
• Chair of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Heads of FIU Forum.
• Co-chair of the FATF’s Risk, Trends and Methods Working Group (RTMG).
• Co-Chair of the Grupo de Acción Financiera de Latinoamerica (GAFILAT)’s Mutual Evaluations Working Group.
• Alternate National Coordinator of the Republic of Argentina at the FATF and GAFILAT.
In the past, Mr Federici worked as Senior Counsel for the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Legal Department and Regional Advisor for the IMF’s Legal Department in Latin America and The Caribbean, providing policy, legal and technical advice to IMF member countries on financial integrity issues. He also worked as a Foreign Associate for Sullivan & Cromwell’s New York Office and as a lawyer for leading Argentine law firms.
Mr. Federici was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and is a citizen of Italy and Argentina. He is an Argentine lawyer graduated from the Catholic University of Argentina with an LL.M. (Master in Laws) from the University of Virginia’s School of Law, in the United States.