Faculty: M. FABIANA LACERCA-ALLEN (Élan Corporation, plc), Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Consero is honored to announce that M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen will be joining the Forum faculty for Consero's Corporate Compliance and Ethics Forum 2012.

M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen is Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Elan Pharmaceuticals. She joined the company in June 2010.
 
Ms. Lacerca has had more than 17 years of experience working for leading American companies such as Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck, and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environmental law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law, particularly within the government sector, as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. She has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting international markets and she has been able to impact positively the perception of compliance creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures.
 
Ms. Lacerca is well recognized in the industry and is very frequently requested as a speaker and participant in forums. At Elan, she is leading the effort to develop a compliance program that focuses on compliance with laws and regulations and creating a culture of compliance that positively impacts the business.  
 
Ms. Lacerca was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching environmental law. She was a 1992 recipient of UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest, submitting a paper on Global Warming.
 
Ms. Lacerca received her Bachelor of Law in 1989 from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She obtained her Legum Magister from UCLA in June 1993.