Ms Castillo is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the School of Law of the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), and earned a master’s in Business Law and Economic Legislation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, both in the Dominican Republic. She has a master’s degree in Banking Law from the Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia and the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), and is certified in Money Laundering Prevention by the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and by the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA).

She is certified in ISO31000 for Risk Management by PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board); and has participated in the Management Program for Lawyers

at Yale School of Law in New Haven, Connecticut. Ms Castillo has trained in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Public Law Center of Loyola University in Texas and Tulane University in Louisiana, United States. She has also participated in courses, workshops, seminars and national and international congresses on arbitration, and has been a lecturer in civil law and dispute resolution, among other matters.

For 20 years she held various management positions at Scotiabank such as Legal Director,  Director of Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering, and most recently, as Director of Non-Financial Risk.  She also served as Legal Consultant to the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo and was Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Conciliation and Arbitration Council Center of the aforementioned Chamber of Commerce. She has extensive expertise in monetary and financial regulation.