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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.

Zach Pope is a seasoned Business Development veteran in the legal consulting and document discovery space, supporting his clients for over 20 years. His responsibilities include working with corporate legal, legal operations and IT departments and their outside counsel to provide the most cost effective and efficient solutions when faced with a government investigation, internal investigation or litigation matter. Having worked on some of the largest or highest profile matters in the last decade, he uses his experience to guide his clients through complex matters with tremendous outcomes.

His experience spans across the EDRM, including Information Governance, data forensics and collection, data analytics, processing, document review and production. Zach has consulted with companies and law firms across the country in numerous sectors including: Energy, Petrochemicals, Technology, Telecommunications, Construction, Real Estate, Airline and Healthcare.

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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Patty Wise provides executive oversight to Consilio’s flexible talent business unit, where she is responsible for driving organic growth and architecting bespoke flexible legal talent programs to help clients solve unique legal challenges. Since 2008, she has partnered with Consilio clients to provide the right legal talent to build resilient legal organizations across industries, practice areas, and geographies. Prior to joining Consilio, Patty practiced law with Troutman Sanders in Atlanta and Kennedy Covington in Charlotte (now K&L Gates). She holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University, where she was awarded the Junius L. Allison Award, given for the most significant contribution to the Legal Aid Society, and a B.A. from Emory University.