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Drew Macaulay is a Managing Director of Consilio, a global leader in Legal Consulting & Legal Services.

“Drew is Consilio’s primary subject matter expert in cross-border litigation, regulatory and internal investigations. Drew has particular expertise with multi-jurisdictional anti-corruption/bribery/FCPA and cartel investigations involving the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

Over the last nine years, Drew has led projects for Consilio clients in more than 20 countries.  In addition to client project work, Drew has management responsibility for Consilio’s UK offices.

Areas of expertise:

• Multijurisdictional investigations and litigation
• Regulatory and internal investigation management
• Multilingual eDisclosure and document review projects
• European data privacy legislation
• Computer forensic investigations
• Complex preservation and data collection exercises

Susan L. Marin, CRM/CIGO, PMP is a Senior Consulting Manager and is part of Consilio’s Advisory Services team. Susan has 22 years of litigation, information governance, records management, and legal hold experience.

As a subject matter expert in records and information governance, Susan is committed to helping clients understand the importance of proper data governance. Along with the development of strategic records and information governance programs, Susan collaborates with clients to ensure her work will not only meet but exceed her client’s needs and expectations.

Prior to joining Consilio, Susan served as Vice President and Corporate Information Manager for a national bank where Susan developed a records and information management program from the initial phase to a maturity level where retention event-based and non-event-based labels and policies were implemented in Microsoft 365 for Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. As part of the policy development process, Susan utilized stakeholder interviews to understand the business and technical requirements to implement appropriate risk and legal avoidance strategies. Susan also onboarded and managed the implementation of a third-party application to ensure the corporate retention schedule had real-time, attorney reviewed citations for legal and regulatory requirements. Susan also led many projects to reduce the bank’s legal and financial risks including working with the records coordinators to remediate hard copy and digital records.

From working with stakeholders to understand technical and business requirements to participation in the request for proposal and final vendor selection phases, Susan uses her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification to assist with the implementation of legal matter management, legal hold, and document management systems.

With expertise in the use of change management techniques and a foundation of corporate records and information management experience, Susan advised and counseled a Michigan non-profit organization in the creation of their information governance procedures and processes to establish a legal, defensible, and repeatable process. This engagement included tasks such as the development of surveys/questionnaires for the data owners, creation of their information and records management policies and procedures, and updates to other policies with record and information management implications.

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Peter leads Consilio’s Financial Services Vertical (FSV) focusing on managing the business relationship with multinational financial services clients. Under his leadership, Consilio has built its practice to support all 15 of the top 15 global investment banks and over 100 other financial services firms.

Peter conceived Consilio’s Financial Services Vertical to facilitate knowledge sharing and process continuity across global financial institutions that are subject to a comparable regulatory framework and litigation exposure. Today, the FSV is actively supporting the largest global investment banks across North America, Europe, India, China, and Japan. The confluence of regulatory requirements, data systems, encryption standards, and information security considerations expose the industry to a unique set of challenges that have consistent themes across financial institutions.  Further, the global nature of these organizations brings in data privacy, secrecy, and other regional considerations.

Peter’s objective is for the FSV to aggregate and distribute the value of Consilio’s collective expertise supporting these clients’ over 50,000+ engagements and bring to bear actionable intelligence and best practices in the engagements we are supporting today and into the future. Some of these include Off-Channel Communications related investigations, multi-bank underwriter litigations, departed employee/financial advisor protocols, Data Subject Access Requests, cross border matters, as well as an expansive array of regulatory exams and internal investigations. Through consolidation of this expertise, the FSV endeavors to create a highly differentiated client expertise founded on the FSV theme, Powered by Knowledge.

Brent is responsible for day-to-day relationship management of many of Consilio’s largest and most important corporate and law firm clients. Drawing on 20 years of experience, Brent works closely with clients on a wide range of discovery issues and building scalable discovery and legal operations programs.

An additional responsibility and focus is leadership of Consilio's Insurance Vertical. Brent leads a team aligned on delivering tailored services to Consilio’s Insurance Industry clients, including both carriers, brokers and their law firms.  As a trusted adviser internally and to Consilio’s insurance industry clients, Brent translates complex, technical subjects to actionable insights for legal, claims and compliance teams.   

Brent's emphasis is on account management and service delivery, improving the efficiency of all aspects of the EDRM process, and client relationship management coupled with employee retention and growth. Brent works closely with Consilio's GRO and SCS teams to help build continuity across Consilio's teams and to strengthen our knowledge sharing to benefit our clients and their engagement needs.

In the litigation technology field since 2006, Jeff has extensive experience in all phases of electronic data discovery and digital forensics. With more than sixteen years of progressive consulting experience, Jeff has assisted both law firms and corporations with the management of requests for electronically stored information on a variety of matters including, but not limited to, Department of Justice Investigations, FTC Second Requests, Internal Investigations, Regulatory Requests, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Commercial Litigation and General Business/Employment Litigation.

With a constant goal of supplying excellent customer service, Jeff consistently provides successful Legal Operations and eDiscovery strategies and solutions. Corporations and law firms domestically as well as internationally rely on Jeff for his adept project handling, strategic consulting, and desire to continually drive down costs.

With over two decades of experience in electronic discovery, Chiara Vega is a seasoned professional specializing in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions for law firms and corporate clients. She has guided organizations through complex litigation and investigations leveraging deep expertise in data management, technology-assisted review (TAR), and defensible workflows.

Chiara is adept at bridging the gap between legal and technical teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and optimal outcomes. She has worked on cases involving high-stakes disputes, cross-border investigations, and data privacy concerns, consistently delivering results that meet stringent legal and regulatory requirements.

Throughout her career, Chiara has built a reputation for staying at the forefront of eDiscovery trends, including advancements in artificial intelligence and data analytics. Chiara also advises on information governance strategies to mitigate risk and enhance organizational efficiency.

A trusted advisor and thought leader, Chiara Vega is dedicated to helping clients navigate the evolving eDiscovery landscape with precision, integrity, and strategic insight.

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