Pharos ConsultingPharos Consulting
Compliance · Investigations · Corporate Governance · Finance

We protect and enhance the value of your organization.

We bring together executive, advisory, and board-level experience to transform compliance, risk management, and decision-making into real and sustainable competitive advantages.

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+1,000Investigations
+5,000Hours on boards
+USD 14BIn transactions
+200Assessments & Crime Prevention Models
Who we are

A comprehensive perspective for the most complex challenges.

Pharos Consulting brings together deep expertise in boards, consulting, and executive roles in corporate finance, risk management, capital markets, compliance, ethics, and investigations — integrating these disciplines to address organizations' strategic, financial, and integrity challenges.

We help organizations protect their value, strengthen their corporate governance, and accelerate sustainable growth by combining executive, advisory, and board-level experience.

This integrated vision allows us to address the most critical challenges from a practical, rigorous, and results-oriented perspective. We work alongside boards, shareholders, and executive teams to turn compliance and risk management into true competitive advantages.

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The Pharos Approach

We go beyond regulatory compliance: we design corporate governance and risk management as strategic assets that protect and multiply the value of your organization.

01

Global standards · Big4 rigor

We apply methodologies and best practices from leading international consulting firms, precisely adapted to the regulatory and business environment of Chile and Latin America.

02

Board-level perspective

Our vision is not theoretical. We have real experience on boards, audit committees, and senior executive positions, understanding challenges from within the organization.

03

Comprehensive coverage

We integrate compliance, investigations, corporate governance, finance, and risk management in a single multidisciplinary team, with coordinated solutions for the most critical challenges.

PARTNERS

Exceptional and complementary profiles.

Verónica Benedetti

Verónica Benedetti

Partner · Compliance & Corporate Governance

Speaker and lecturer — national authority on ethics and compliance.

  • Board Member of Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE).
  • President of EFE Central.
  • 30 years of experience in compliance, investigations, risk, and corporate governance.
  • Former Deloitte Partner — led Risk & Compliance, Forensic, and Corporate Governance.
  • 13 years as Regional Compliance Officer at AES Andes.
  • Extensive experience advising boards in Chile and Latin America.
Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.) · University of Chicago
Attorney at Law · University of Buenos Aires

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Darío Amenábar

Darío Amenábar

Partner · Corporate Finance & Corporate Governance

Corporate Finance Professor, ESE Business School · Universidad de Los Andes.

  • Chairman of the Board of Grupo Empack S.A.
  • Board member and member of audit, compliance, and finance committees at Gildemeister, HITES, AMICAR, RedInterclínicas, and Alimentos Trendy.
  • Former board member of Energía de Tarapacá, Ingevec, and Banco Paris.
  • +USD 14B in capital markets, +USD 6B in M&A, and +USD 6B in risk management.
  • Former Head of Corporate Finance at Cencosud and Walmart Chile, and former CFO of Cencosud Chile, Enjoy, and Farmacias Ahumada.
Education

MBA (High Honors) · University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Industrial Civil Engineer · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Services

Four areas, one multidisciplinary team.

1

Corporate Compliance

Verónica Benedetti

Preventing fraud and corruption requires a strategic approach that protects the organization and builds integrity.

1.1Crime Prevention Model

  • Comprehensive assessment of the existing compliance program
  • Identification and assessment of criminal risks
  • Design and implementation of the CPM (Law 20.393 · Law 21.595)
  • Testing and monitoring of controls under audit methodology
  • Independent Third-Party Assessment (Art. 4 Law No. 20.393)
  • External Crime Prevention Officer service
  • Free competition · UAF regulations · FCPA · UK Bribery Act
  • Prevention of anti-competitive conduct
  • Remediation programs and response to regulatory requirements
  • Support in UAF Compliance Manual and reporting
  • Assessment of compliance with international standards and design of preventive controls

1.2Personal Data Protection

  • Assessment and gap analysis (Law No. 21.719 · GDPR)
  • Design and implementation of prevention model
  • RACI matrix development
  • Activity Register (RAT) development
  • Development of privacy policies, procedures, and internal controls
  • Identification of activities requiring a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and applied cases
  • Support in implementing the Data Protection Officer (DPO) role

Rigorous responses to critical situations and precise information for strategic decisions.

2.1Corporate Investigations

  • Fraud, corruption, and economic crimes
  • Workplace and sexual harassment (Karin Law · Law 21.369)
  • Forensic accounting and financial analysis
  • Regulatory and compliance audits
  • Reports for legal and regulatory use
  • Response to regulatory requirements

2.2Ethics and Integrity Culture

  • Whistleblowing channels
  • Codes of Ethics and Conduct
  • Awareness campaigns and training workshops
  • E-learnings tailored to different audiences

2.3Intelligence & Due Diligence

  • Supplier and partner due diligence
  • Background checks KYC / KYV
  • Compliance DD in mergers and acquisitions
  • Pre-hiring assessments

Real experience on boards and audit, risk, compliance, and finance committees.

3.1Design and Structure

  • Assessment and design of corporate governance structures
  • Delegation of authority
  • Committee structuring (audit, finance, risk)
  • Family Protocol · Shareholder Agreements
  • Policies, procedures, and risk maps
  • Budget models and reporting to management and boards

3.2Advisory and Oversight

  • Director and board advisor role
  • Board evaluation and self-assessment
  • Audit committee advisory
  • Risk management, credit, and collections
  • Design of control dashboards and board reporting

+USD 14B in capital market transactions and +USD 6B in M&A operations, with hedging strategy design and ERP implementation.

4.1Corporate Finance

  • Financial planning and debt structuring
  • External CFO services
  • Capital market access and credit rating
  • Working capital optimization
  • Operational-financial-accounting process improvement
  • Bank and financial institution relations

4.2M&A and Valuation

  • Business valuation
  • Financial due diligence
  • Financial project evaluation
  • Financial structuring in transactions
  • Capital raising support

4.3Strategy and Management Control

  • Strategic and financial planning
  • Budget and management control models
  • Control dashboards and board reporting design
  • Process assessment and optimization

4.4Risk Management · PMO · Entrepreneurship

  • Hedging strategies (FX, rates, commodities)
  • ISDA contract and General Conditions negotiation
  • PMO, transformational projects, and ERP implementation
  • Business plans, cash flow, and capital raising
Contact

Let's work together.

A team with exceptional experience, ready to protect and enhance the value of your organization.

Verónica Benedetti
Compliance & Corporate Governance
[email protected]+56 9 7967 9040
Darío Amenábar
Finance & Corporate Governance
[email protected]+56 9 9327 1885
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