Ulla is a Principal with 25 years’ experience, who co-leads our North and Central America Intelligence and Investigations team, based in Mexico City. As a sanctions expert she spearheads work on Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)-designated cartels, leading complex investigations across Latin America for law firms and corporate clients. These investigations range from supply chain infiltration by cartels, threats, and workplace harassment, to complex M&A-related intelligence projects, financial misconduct and litigation support.
Ulla is trusted by senior stakeholders to cut through complexity and provide clear direction in high-stakes situations, where legal, compliance, and security risks converge. She combines a pragmatic, hands-on approach with creative problem-solving to deliver analytically sound solutions that are operationally workable.
Recent engagements include:
- Leading an investigation for a global beverages company into a Mexican supplier, assessing potential criminal exposure to organized criminal groups in the Guadalajara nightlife sector.
- Investigating unions in Tabasco over extortion allegations for a multinational client, identifying a complex, politically connected network potentially acting as a front and systemic risks relating to financial exposure.
- Auditing union-related risks in Tamaulipas over extortion and organized criminal concerns, confirming a union lacked a legitimate workforce and was connected to individuals associated with a designated FTO.
Ulla has previously founded and managed successful investigative companies in Mexico and Belgium. She is an economist and holds an MBA with high honors from Solvay Business School in Brussels. She speaks Spanish, English, French, Swedish and Finnish.