Lara is an Associate Director in Control Risks’ Business Intelligence practice, based in Washington, DC. She specialises in human intelligence gathering and investigative due diligence for hedge funds, institutional investors, development banks, law firms, and corporate clients.
Recent projects that Lara has worked on include:
Prior to joining Control Risks, Lara led a Hong Kong-based investigative firm’s human source intelligence practice in the Americas. Before that, she worked at a Washington D.C.-based security consulting firm.
Lara holds a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Methodist University and a dual Master’s in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advance International Studies (SAIS) and Nanjing University in China. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
A native of Spain, Lara is fluent in Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese, and has conducted investigative work across every major jurisdiction in North and South America.