Bio

Alina Smith is the Compliance Controller at Mercato Partners. She is responsible for the compliance areas of private equity and investment advisors to manage and mitigate risk, establish proper controls, support business initiatives, and protect the firm from legal and regulatory risk. Alina has over eight years of financial services industry experience at American Express, Comenity Capital Bank, and Silicon Valley Bank in a variety of operations, regulatory and financial reporting roles. Alina graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Accounting. Outside of work, Alina enjoys going out to eat, her husband and two daughters, journaling, and exploring the Southwest.