Viviane Silva

Lead regulatory intelligence and compliance readiness accross a highly international environment, coordinating with all European markets and Korean HQs.

Main responsibilities:

• Oversee and monitor regulatory trends and EU Commission initiatives (decarbonization, CO2, deforestation, supply chain due diligence, battery related regulations, extended producer responsibility, EURO 7, circular economy, OBD/RMI (on board diagnosis and repair and maintenance information, among others) and perform risk assessments and opportunities review.
• Manage cross-functional response plans with R&D; External affairs; Product and other teams in Europe and in South Korea to ensure timely implementation and strategic alignment.
• Program & Control Tower Management: serve as project manager for regulatory compliance programs, defining timelines; responsibilities and escalation mechanisms to ensure execution.
• Break down organizational silos by introducing structured workflows, clear accountability and a continuous improvement mindset within the teams.
• Established a European Risk Committee (Governance Board) with senior executives to align on advocacy topics to strengthen our influence in industry alliances; EU Commission and local governments; and to align on regulatory response plans and escalation, resulting in an improved strategic alignment.
• Create a unified European voice to HQs in Korea and secured 100% compliance with all regulations entering into force in 2025 while leading a high-performing team of three.
• Establish a Policy Management System across Europe.

• Led and steered the design and implementation of a Compliance Management System and a Compliance Network Program (Compliance Ambassadors) with the focused areas in Anti-Bribery & Corruption; Data Privacy, Foreign Trade/Export Controls, Antitrust, Anti-Money Laundry and Fraud.
• Performed a risk analysis of antitrust practices to understand “pain points”and weaknesses; drafted an antitrust/competition policy and created a focused training.
• Kicked off a Risk Management program to establish a streamlined process for risk identification, risk treatment, implementation of mitigation/containment measure.
• Conducted cross-country investigations and created investigation templates and processes.
• Strategic Support to the business continuity plan and to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting activities.
• Started the establishment of internal controls for existing policies to ensure proper implementation.
• Led the project for the implementation of a Business Partner Integrity Management. At this stage, selecting the system provider and the connections with existing software (e.g SAP).

• Drove the global implementation of all compliance, risk management and internal controls activities for the Commercial Vehicles Solution Division (~30k employees, 61 sites, 28 countries, Euros 7.5B/2022).
• Responsible for the design, communication and implementation of the divisional compliance program and policy management structure. Covered risk areas of the divisional compliance program: Anti-bribery and corruption; Antitrust, Foreign Trade, Data Privacy and Anti-Money Laundry.
• Created and led the governance committee for the division to ensure alignment, support and collaboration among ESG, controlling, product compliance and internal audit activities.
• Created and conducted virtual and “in-person” compliance training for different stakeholders with a risk based approach to ensure compliance awareness and risk mitigation.
• Led international compliance projects with cross functional personnel connected to monitoring, continuous improvement, risk assessment, policy implementation and other compliance prevention and remediation objectives.
• Conducted and supported compliance investigations both domestically and across the globe with cross-functional teams. Also, responsible for root cause review; monitoring and proper escalation of mitigation or improvement measures.
• Collaboration with export controls, corporate security and cybersecurity teams on risk management, implementation of controls and policies in a divisional level.
• Led compliance network program for the division, including compliance delegates and leadership to ensure proper implementation of the compliance program on a site level.

• Led various international projects connected with legal and compliance, including regional implementation of the compliance program.
• Served as a Business Partner to all business areas, including R&D, Quality, project teams, Sales, Warranty and Safety, providing regulatory and overall legal advice.
• General legal and compliance review to all types of contracts, support in negotiations with OEMs, regulatory reviews with NHTSA and US Department of Transportation, draft of contracts, review of communication material and marketing campaigns.

• Head of the Legal Department and member of the Leadership Team Americas
• Responsible for all legal, compliance and corporate matters, acting as a strategic business partner to the operating units, sales and leadership
• Responsible for the compliance program in Latin America, driving the implementation of the Compliance Management System in the region (Prevent, Detect and Respond)
• Led and Developed M&As and restructuring projects: strategic support.
• Enabled and Led different expansion and modernization projects connected with business strategy.
• Public Affairs, Antitrust and Corporate Governance: definition of strategy, negotiation and coordination in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

• Projects Leader: strategic and regular advice to clients in aspects connected with M&A, corporate governance, commercial, M&A, internal controls and compliance
• Assigned to different clients, including WABCO/ZF, the Freudenberg Group and Oggi Ice Crem Company, to support in contracts management, employment law framework and the implementation of the Compliance programs. Conducted investigations and trainings overseas

• M&A Projects’ Leader: led cross-border M&A and restructuring projects, providing legal advice and supporting the overall business strategy.
• Secondment projects in different companies and industries: Advise in M&A integration process, IPOs, compliance, investigation, risk assessment and strategic advice in Brazil, Colombia, HK and UK.

• Advised clients in legal aspects connected with employment and social security, corporate governance, commercial, merger and acquisitions and compliance
• Project at Copa Airlines (www.copa.com): Successfully assisted the client in the deployment of operations in Brazil with focused in regulatory and tax impacts.