Raquel Melo

Raquel Melo joined the IESBA in June 2026 as a Senior Manager in Standards Development & Technical Projects. She brings more than 15 years of experience in ethics, compliance, governance, and forensic advisory services across highly regulated industries. She is currently involved in the Adoption & Implementation and NOCLAR PIR projects.

Prior to joining the IESBA, Ms. Melo was a Senior Manager with BDO USA in New York, where she supported a large-scale U.S. Department of Commerce monitorship and collaborated with stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. She also spent nearly a decade in PwC Brazil's Forensics practice, advising multinational organizations on ethics and compliance programs, anti-corruption matters, investigations, and governance-related risk management.

Originally from Brazil, Ms. Melo has extensive experience working across international and multicultural environments. She is a Brazilian Chartered Accountant (CRC) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and is fluent in Portuguese and English, with working proficiency in Spanish.