DanielCalderón Beltrán
Partner at Fexlaw in forensic financial analysis and tax. He was Head of the Tax Intelligence Department and Advisor to the Director General of the SRI, where he founded the anti-money laundering unit.
Finance, tax and anti-money laundering.
Daniel Calderón Beltrán is a Partner at Fexlaw in the Forensic Financial Analysis and Tax practice and currently serves as International Operations Manager at FEXTOR, where he leads due diligence investigations and forensic financial analysis. He advises on tax, finance, anti-money laundering and forensic auditing.
He spent nearly 15 years at the Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI, Ecuador's Internal Revenue Service), where he was Head of the Tax Intelligence Department, National Head of Tax Fraud and Money Laundering Investigations, and Advisor to the Director General. He founded the tax administration's Anti-Money Laundering Unit and drafted its first manuals.
At the Corporación del Seguro de Depósitos (COSEDE, Ecuador's Deposit Insurance Corporation) he was Technical Coordinator for Trust Management and Control and Acting General Manager. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree in Business Administration from PUCE, as well as a Master's in Public Finance and Financial and Tax Administration from UNED, Spain. He teaches in the Master's in Auditing program at UTPL.
From the SRI and COSEDE to Fexlaw.
- 012004 – 2013
Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI)
Tax Management Specialist · Tax Intelligence and Money Laundering Specialist · National Coordinator of Operational Intelligence
- Tax Management Specialist at the Northern Regional Directorate (2004 – 2007).
- Founded the tax administration's Anti-Money Laundering Unit and drafted its first anti-money laundering manuals (2007 – 2009).
- National Coordinator of Operational Intelligence (2009 – 2013).
- 022014 – 2018
Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI)
Head of the Tax Intelligence Department · Advisor to the Director General
- National Head of Tax Fraud and Money Laundering Investigations (2014 – 2016); led the Guayaquil office for two years.
- National Tax Management Expert and National Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Information Expert (2016 – 2017).
- Head of the Tax Intelligence Department (2017 – 2018): coordinated with SENAE, UAFE (Ecuador's Financial Intelligence Unit) and law enforcement, and served as delegate to the Fiscalía (Attorney General's Office), UAFE, the National Intelligence System and SENAE.
- Advisor to the Director General of the SRI (2018).
- 032018 – 2020
Corporación del Seguro de Depósitos (COSEDE)
Technical Coordinator for Trust Management and Control · Acting General Manager
- Supervised five trusts together with the Banco Central del Ecuador and their investments in institutions such as the BIS, CAF and FLAR.
- Worked with the U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI).
- 042020 – Present
Fexlaw Abogados · FEXTOR
Partner at Fexlaw · International Operations Manager at FEXTOR
- Advises on tax, finance, anti-money laundering and forensic auditing.
- As International Operations Manager at FEXTOR, leads due diligence investigations, forensic financial analysis, financial intelligence and asset tracing.
- 05Present
Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL)
Professor, Master's in Auditing
- Teaches financial fraud risk management and forensic auditing.
Educated in the Americas and Europe.
- Master's in Public Finance and Financial and Tax AdministrationUNED, Spain · with the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (IEF)
- Certified Public AccountantPontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
- Bachelor's in Business Administration, concentration in Productivity ManagementPontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
- Diploma in Financial ManagementUniversidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL)
- Specialized Tax Intelligence TechniquesReceita Federal do Brasil
- Executive Program in Finance and Securities MarketsBolsa de Valores de Guayaquil
- Diploma in PsychographologySociedad Psicografoanalítica de México
Certified in anti-money laundering and fraud.
- International Anti-Money Laundering Certification (FIBA).
- Assessor for the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT).
- Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
- ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, with training in ISO 37001 anti-bribery management systems.
- Prevention of money laundering, United Nations.
- Financial analysis, Basel Institute on Governance (ICAR).
- Financial investigations, HSI – U.S. Embassy.
- IFRS, forensic auditing, IT auditing, risk management and project management.
Recognized inside and outside the SRI.
In 2018 the SRI recognized him for High Performance and as an Institutional Leader heading the Tax Intelligence Department. In 2017 he served as the SRI Director General's delegate to the Fiscalía, training prosecutors on tax evasion at its School of Prosecutors, and represented the SRI before the National Intelligence System.
He has taken part in investigations of high-profile cases such as the Panama Papers, Petroecuador, Odebrecht, illegal mining and smuggling. In 2000 he received a PUCE scholarship for academic achievement.
Daniel is part of the team recognized by the world's most demanding legal rankings.
If you want to change the world, change yourself first and raise your vibrational frequency.Favorite quote
Sports, mountains and spirituality.
A reader of esotericism, spirituality and quantum physics. He takes part in athletic competitions, plays soccer, rides mountain bikes and enjoys outings to the countryside and new age music.
Languages: Spanish · English
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