María Celeste Plee

María Celeste Plee has a diverse and extensive work experience in compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) roles. María Celeste currently works at Bitso as the Director of Compliance, and prior to that, they held the position of Head of Compliance at the same company. María Celeste also has experience at Brubank as the Head of AML & Compliance, where they worked for a year and eight months. Before that, they worked at Banco de la Nación Argentina as an Asesora de Directorio and Coordinadora de Prevención de Lavado de Activos y Financiamiento del Terrorismo. María Celeste also has experience at the Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF) as the Jefe de Gabinete and later as the Directora de Supervisión. Additionally, they served as the Director Ejecutivo at FININT - Fundación de Investigaciones en Inteligencia Financiera, and they worked as a Project Manager at the NYU Langone Medical Center. María Celeste holds an LL.M. Graduate degree from Columbia Law School. At the beginning of their career, María Celeste worked as an Associate at MARTEAU and Marteau Abogados / Attorneys at Law, where they focused on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing actions, provided legal advice to financial institutions, and supervised risk-based evaluations. María Celeste also worked as a Research Manager at the Foundation for research on Financial Intelligence (FININT), providing legal advice and training on AML/CTF to the private and public sectors.

María Celeste Plee obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Law from Columbia Law School in 2012-2013. María Celeste then pursued a degree in Culinary Arts at the French Culinary Institute from 2013-2014. Prior to that, they completed their law degree (Abogada / Lawyer) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 'Santa María de los Buenos Aires' from 2003-2008. Additionally, they also returned to Columbia Law School for another LL.M. degree, although the specific dates are not mentioned.