Mariana Botero Restrepo

Director of Organised Crime, Loom

Mariana previously worked at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) where she drove research, program development, stakeholder engagement, and long-term strategy building to strengthen responses to organised crime in Latin America. Prior to that, Mariana served as Political Adviser in the British Embassy in Colombia, where she conducted political analysis, advanced human rights policy, and managed the Embassy’s Human Rights Fund.

She combines expertise in transnational organised crime, conflict analysis and human rights.

She holds a BA in Political Science from Rosario University and an MA in Conflict, Security and Development from King’s College London.