Viviane Silva

• Advise senior executives on regulatory, governance and strategic matters impacting European business operations.
• Developed governance frameworks, reporting structures and escalation mechanisms to strengthen accountability and risk ownership across European operations.
• Oversee regulatory trends and EU Commission initiatives (decarbonization, CO2, deforestation, supply chain due diligence, battery-related regulations, extended producer responsibility (EPR), EURO 7, circular economy, PPWR, OBD/RMI) and conducted risk assessments and opportunity reviews to inform strategic decision-making.
• Established European Risk Committee (Governance Board) with senior executives to align on advocacy topics and strengthen influence in industry alliances and with EU Commission and local governments, enhancing strategic alignment on regulatory response plans.
• Lead regulatory intelligence and compliance readiness across a highly international environment, coordinating with all European markets and Korean HQs.
• 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 organisational silos by deploying a contract lifecycle management tool and clear workflows for regulatory and legal cross functional projects.
• Manage external legal counsel and coordinated litigation, contracts, corporate and regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Created unified European voice for HQs in Korea, ensuring 100% compliance with all regulations entering into force in 2025 while leading a team of three.
• Established 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 Laundering and Fraud.
• Kicked off Risk Management program to establish streamlined processes for risk identification, treatment, and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Established internal controls for existing policies to ensure effective implementation.
• Performed a risk analysis of antitrust practices to understand “pain points”and weaknesses; drafted an antitrust/competition policy and created a focused training.
• Conducted cross-country investigations, creating templates and processes for consistent investigation management.
• 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).
• Strategic Support to the business continuity plan and to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting activities.

• 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/Export Controls, Data Privacy and Anti-Money Laundering.
• 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.

Led the legal and compliance function for Latin America and served as a member of the regional leadership team.

• Developed compliance program in Latin America and implemented Compliance Management System (Prevent, Detect and Respond) to enhance regulatory adherence and operational integrity.
• Managed external legal counsel, coordinating litigation and corporate and regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
• Provided legal support for commercial negotiations, strategic transactions and operational business activities (M&A, IPO and restructuring)
• Led and Developed M&As and restructuring projects: strategic support.
• Led expansion and modernisation projects aligned with business strategy, facilitating growth and operational alignment.
• Public Affairs, Antitrust and Corporate Governance: definition of strategy, negotiation and coordination in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

• Led projects providing strategic advice to clients on M&A, corporate governance, commercial issues, internal controls, and compliance
• Assisted clients including WABCO/ZF, Freudenberg Group, and Oggi Ice Cream Company with contract management, employment law frameworks, and compliance programme implementation, while conducting investigations and training internationally.

• Led cross-border M&A and restructuring projects, delivering legal advice aligned with overall business strategy.
• Advised on M&A integration, IPOs, compliance, investigations, risk assessments, and strategic initiatives across Brazil, Colombia, HK, and UK.