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Marelissa Quintero de Stanziola

Lawyer with a recognized career in the Panamanian financial sector. Specialist in the security market sector. She worked for 16 years in the Panamanian securities regulator, holding various management positions, interim commissioner in various periods, until she was appointed as Superintendent of the Securities Market for the period 2015 -2019. Being the first woman to hold this important position.

In the banking sector, she worked at MMG Bank Corporation, in addition to supporting other companies in the Morgan & Morgan Group Financial Unit, such as MMG Asset Management, Casa de Valores.

Currently partner at Virtu Atelier Legal.

She was recognized internationally while occupying important positions at IOSCO, International Organization of Securities Market Regulators. She was in two terms as Vice-President of the Inter-American Committee; and was also part of the IOSCO Board of Directors. It was the first time that Panama participated in the governing body in charge of setting standards worldwide.

She has been invited as a speaker and panelist at numerous national and international conferences on the securities market, compliance, corporate governance, gender parity, sustainable finance and issues related to financial markets in general.

Actively participates in organizations such as the Institute of Corporate Governance of Panama (IGCP), Women in Profession (WIP), Association of Directors of Panama (ADP). Proniñez Association of Panama. She is also an instructor at the Securities Education Program of Latin-American Securities Stock Exchange (LATINEX).

Activist in gender equality, she was a member of the National Council for Gender Parity.

She is also an independent director. She holds a Master of Business and International Law, LLM from Stetson University College of Law, Florida U.S.

At Berg Associates, she is a consultant in the areas of compliance, corporate governance for the financial sector.