A practical framework for compliance architecture

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Most compliance programs fail.
The policies exist. The training happens.
The boxes get ticked.

And then something goes wrong.

Paris Integrity Lab works with organizations that want to understand why their program works the way it does, and build one that holds up when it matters. Between us, we spent decades inside the organizations we now advise.

The Design Problem

Three structural patterns behind every compliance failure

01
The program exists in the manual.
Policies describe what should happen. Incentives determine what actually does. When they point in different directions, the incentives win every time.
02
Controls are documented. Never tested.
A control that has never been tested is a hypothesis. Organizations find out it failed when something goes wrong. By then, the damage is already done.
03
Risk lives in the matrix.
Real risk lives in processes, decisions, and people. The spreadsheet is where it gets recorded after the fact. Usually too late.

Integrity by Design

A system built to work in practice

Five core components, two transversal workstreams, and a governance layer. Grounded in Sapin II, GDPR, ISO 37001, and COSO. Applied from direct operational experience across 30+ jurisdictions.

Horizon Scanning Regulatory change · Emerging risks · Legal team collaboration
01
Risk Assessment
Continuous. Prioritizes compliance risks in real operational context. Orients the entire program.
02
Monitoring & Testing
Verifies that controls work in practice. Each line of business runs on its own cadence and scope.
03
Issue Management
Turns findings into action. Connects audit, monitoring, and operational risk into a single loop.
04
Compliance Enablement
Policies, training, and culture. What makes doing the right thing the natural thing.
Knowledge Management Lessons · Testing results · Regulatory updates · Institutional memory
Governance & Reporting  ·  Committees · Executive ownership · Escalation · Accountability
How We Work

Three delivery modes. One methodology.

D1
Diagnose
Where are you?
We evaluate the current state of your compliance program. We map the gap between what exists on paper and what happens in the operation. You get a clear picture of risks, controls, and where to focus first.
Compliance Architecture Report
D2
Design
How do you build it?
We design or redesign your compliance program working directly with your team. The output is a program built around your organization's real structure, risks, and capacity. We build it with you.
Governance Blueprint + Roadmap
D3
Drive
How do you sustain it?
Executive advisory for leaders scaling their compliance function over time. PIL works alongside your team as a long-term thinking partner, helping the program grow as the business grows and adapt before the regulation catches up.
Ongoing Advisory + Executive Reports
The Team

People who've been inside the room

Adriana Peralta Ramos and Marco Antonio Pérez spent decades inside the organizations PIL now advises. Designing compliance frameworks, running monitoring programs, sitting in front of regulators, and learning what actually holds up under pressure.

PIL operates from Paris and Mexico City for a reason. From Paris, we stay connected to the regulatory frameworks that shape the international compliance agenda. From Latin America, we work directly in the markets where our clients operate. The work benefits from both.

Adriana Peralta Ramos
Adriana
Peralta Ramos
México City · CEO, Ethics & Compliance Bureau
  • 20+ years in Fortune 500 · Philip Morris, Nestlé, General Motors, Grupo BAL
  • Certified ISO 37001 Antibribery Auditor · France
  • Author: Compliance en México, el antídoto contra la corrupción (2018)
  • Faculty at Tec de Monterrey, UACJ, Centro de Estudios Carbonell
  • MSc in AI Ethics · Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
  • DOJ investigations across Latin America
Marco Antonio Pérez
Marco Antonio
Pérez
Paris · Paris Integrity Lab
  • 10+ years in compliance across global multinational environments
  • Meta (Paris) · People Compliance Monitoring & Testing, 30+ jurisdictions
  • Nissan Automotive Europe · AMIEO framework: GDPR, Sapin II, ISO 37001
  • AML/CFT Certified Officer · CNBV · PMP
  • Postgraduate Diploma in GRC · ICA in alliance with University of Manchester
  • Operations across Europe, Latin America, APAC, Middle East & Africa

Contact

Is your program built to hold up in your reality?

If you are building, rebuilding, or rethinking your compliance program, we would like to hear about it.

Paris, France · México City, México antonio@parisintegritylab.com parisintegritylab.com