
Luis Urrutia is the General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at the Latin-American fintech group Bitso, since 2025. Prior to that, he was Deputy General Counsel at the International Monetary Fund from 2023 to 2025, general counsel of Mexico’s central bank, Banco de México, from 2013 to 2023, and Director of Regulation and Supervision at the central bank from 2010.He also held the position of President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in 2010-2011, and Vice-President in 2009-2010. In addition, Mr. Urrutia headed the Mexican Financial Intelligence Unit from 2007 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010 he was the Chair of the association of financial intelligence units, the Egmont Group, and in 2008 he acted as President of the Financial Action Task Force of South America (GAFISUD, now GAFILAT). Mr. Urrutia holds a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.