Silvia Tapia Navarro

Critic
DISC Type : C

Independent Board Member at Freelance

Mexico City, Mexico

Overview

Silvia is a distinguished executive with over 35 years of leadership in internal auditing, compliance, and corporate governance for global giants like HSBC, Walmart, and Citigroup across Latin America. She is an expert in risk identification and holds a certification in PLD/FT. People who have worked with her describe her as professional, energized, and results-oriented.

Outside of her corporate roles, Silvia is passionate about empowering women. She actively serves as a mentor for "Good Latinas for Good, " a program that promotes leadership and professional growth within the Latina community. She also participates in international forums focused on leadership and collective action.

She recently attended the International Womens Forum in South Africa, centered on the theme “UBUNTU: I am because we are. ”

Personality Overview

ROI Driven

Precise

Negotiator

They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.  Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Topics They Care About

Corporate Governance
With decades of experience, she actively participates in forums to improve corporate governance practices in Mexico and globally, viewing it as a key to sustainable success.
Female Empowerment
Passionately serves as a mentor for "Good Latinas for Good / Latinas do Bem ™️, " a program dedicated to promoting leadership and professional growth for Latin women.
Risk Management
Her career is centered on designing and implementing risk-based methodologies, strengthening control frameworks for major financial and retail organizations in Latin America.

Media Appearances

Silvia has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Independent Board Member at Freelance
2-2023 - 1-2025
CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE HSBC LATIN AMERICA at HSBC
4-2018 - 1-2025
Chief Audit Executive HSBC Mexico at HSBC
1-2015 - 6-2017
Internal Audit Senior Director at Walmart Mexico and Central America
8-2012 - 12-2014
Chief Audit Executive - Walmart Chile at Walmart Chile

Education

2017 - 2017
Boards in Action from IPADE Business School
2010 - 2011
Executive Management Program from IPADE Business School

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 17 Location : Mexico City, Mexico Job Level : N/A Designation : Independent Board Member at Freelance
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Silvia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Silvia is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Silvia

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Silvia move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Silvia take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Silvia

Personality Compatibility


Other Freelance Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.