Vice President of the World Compliance Association, Mexico Chapter / Consultant and Expert in Ethics, Compliance, and Law
Dr. David Merino is Vice President of the World Compliance Association (Mexico Chapter) and a consultant specializing in ethics, compliance, digital regulation, data protection, and anti money laundering. He is the Founder and CEO of Top Compliance and serves as President of the Academia Mexicana de Derecho Digital y Tecnológico, roles through which he supports organizations across Latin America on regulatory innovation and compliance program design.
He currently holds leadership responsibilities at CONCANACO SERVYTUR México, where he serves as Vice President for Regulatory Innovation and Information Security and as Compliance Officer, supporting governance, integrity, and cybersecurity initiatives for the national confederation. He has helped convene multi sector efforts on cyber risk, including the installation of CONCANACO’s National Cybersecurity Committee to strengthen resilience for enterprises across the country.
An active academic and author, Dr. Merino has taught graduate courses in leading Mexican universities and international programs, and he is the author of Introducción al Derecho Digital y Tecnológico and Teoría General del Derecho Digital. His publications and research address the legal implications of emerging technologies, and his books are referenced by academic libraries and distributors such as Thomson Reuters/DOFISCAL.
His public policy work includes developing the draft Ley General de Economía Datificada y Entorno Digital and contributing to the design of provisions later reflected in Mexico’s Ley General de Humanidades, Ciencias, Tecnologías e Innovación. He has also contributed to UN aligned dialogues on digital transformation and has participated as the employers’ sector representative in sessions of INFONAVIT’s Transparency and Personal Data Protection Committee.