He led investigations and compliance assessment in areas such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. A CPA and certified fraud examiner, Padilla was previously with HIC Land from February 2017 until taking the job with Weaver. He was director of business development from November 2019. Before that, he was an audit senior with Deloitte from January 2015 through February 2017.