Valeria Souza Cruz is a Director on the Global Third Party Compliance Team, leading a global team which handles third party risk management and the due diligence process for Zimmer Biomet’s third party distributors and vendors. She is also the Global Chair for JUNTOS, the Latino/Hispanic ERG at Zimmer Biomet. Prior to Zimmer Biomet, Valeria worked at the Global Intelligence and Strategic Threat Management Practice at PwC in Washington, D.C. She is a Latin America specialist and has focused most of her career on Latin American anticorruption, government affairs, and business development. Before joining PwC, Valeria worked at Clarabridge, a SaaS company focused on customer experience management, where she worked as a Business Consultant and Latin America Marketing Coordinator, managing public relations and business strategy in the region. Previously, she was the Public Policy Programs Manager for the Council of the Americas in New York City and Washington, D.C. and has also worked at the World Bank, the Organization of American States, IBM Brasil, and Petrobrás. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she earned an M.A. in Latin American studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro.