Lara Pedrini, Global Head of New Logos, brings 13 years of experience in the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) space.  At Exiger, Lara has led global engagements with clients, from identifying customer needs and larger business objectives to designing solutions that fulfill these needs and meet rapidly evolving regulatory requirements.  As a trusted advisor to Exiger’s clients, Lara has worked extensively as a due diligence specialist and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) expert, providing valuable insights and unique perspectives on new laws and regulations, and how to leverage AI and automation technologies in compliance programs and initiatives. 

Lara joined Exiger from Dow Jones Risk & Compliance where she was responsible for advising institutional clients on know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) and sanctions solutions, as well as providing transactional diligence and enhanced due diligence on high-risk clients and third parties.  Prior to joining Dow Jones, Lara worked at Diligence where she conducted enhanced due diligence reviews for financial institution and corporate clients.  In this role, Lara also supported the firm’s investigations practice, focusing primarily on FCPA investigations, litigation support, business intelligence (competitive analysis and influence mapping), and complex cross-border asset tracing (ownership and corporate structure mapping).

Lara holds an M.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and a Masters from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of St Andrews with an undergrad in International Relations and Economics.