2023 Conference Speakers and Biographies
Conference Speakers
Data Protection Authorities and Policy Makers
- Rebecca Anselmetti, AI Regulation Senior Policy Adviser, Office for AI, UK
- Claudia Berg, General Counsel, ICO, UK
- Stephen Bonner, Deputy Commissioner, ICO, UK
- Clara Clark Nevola, Group Manager - Anonymisation & Encryption, ICO, UK
- Bertrand du Marais, Commissioner for International Affairs, CNIL, France
- Seán Hurley, Decisions and Corrective Powers, Legal Unit, Data Protection Commission, Ireland
- Hannah Mayer, Senior Counsel, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Department of Justice, USA
- Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, Canada
- Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head - Data Protection Unit, European Commission
- Andras Molnar, Policy Analyst, OECD, France
- Mairead O’Reilly, Head of Legal Service (Legal Policy & Advice), ICO, UK
- Johanna Pezechkian, Privacy Division Officer, DPO Services, Federal Public Service Finance, Belgium
- Sam Roberts, Team Lead, International Data Flows, Assessments, Tools and Mechanisms, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, UK
- Luis Ricardo Sánchez Hernández, General Director of Regulations and Consultations, National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information, and Personal Data Protection, Mexico
- Elisabeth Stafford, Data Protection Reform, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, UK
- Anu Talus, Data Protection Commissioner, Finland
Companies
- Max Bleyleben, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer, SuperAwesome, UK
- Carole Cadwalladr, Journalist, The Observer, UK
- Edwin Concepcion, Country Head, The Philippines, Straits Interactive, The Philippines
- Nane Engelhart, Senior Legal Counsel, Product, Data & IP, EVBox, Netherlands
- Ekaterina Gribkova, Compliance Counsel, EVBox, Netherlands
- Laura Handford, Senior Counsel, Digital and Data Protection, Aviva, UK
- Jane Hunt, Senior Privacy Counsel, Clear Channel International, UK
- Janet Lane, Global Head of Data Legal, UBS, UK
- Timothy Ma, Head of International Privacy and Data Protection, Tencent, Hong Kong
- Tina Maisonneuve, Chief Privacy Officer, Nokia, UK
- Allan Millington, Global Data Policy Leader, EY, UK
- Andrew Mills, Legal Director UK&I, Experian, UK
- Simon Morrissey, Legal Director BBC Information Rights and TVL, BBC, UK
- Ralph O'Brien, Principal, REINBO Consulting, UK
- John O'Brien, Head of Legal, Data Protection, Revolut, UK
- Teodora Pimpireva Tapping, Head of Privacy, Bumble, UK
- Barry Proudfoot, Legal Counsel, Data Privacy, UK
- Bekah Putz, Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Security, Chegg, UK
- Bethany Rugen, Senior Legal Counsel, HSBC, UK
- Sabrina Salhi, Head of Privacy and EU & UK DPO, Marsh McLennan, UK
- Benjamin Shepherdson, Country Head, Malaysia, Indonesia and Islamic countries, Straits Interactive, Malaysia
- Kevin Shepherdson, CEO, Straits Interactive, Singapore
- Karen Silverman, CEO and Founder, The Cantellus Group, USA
- Andy Stevens, Chief Data Officer, Clear Channel International, UK
- Alvin Toh, CMO, Straits Interactive, Singapore
- Sarah Wang Han, Head of Research, Straits Interactive, Malaysia
- Chris Wylie, Head of insight and emerging technologies, H&M, UK
- Newton Yiu, Senior Legal Counsel, Tencent, Hong Kong
Law Firms
- Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UK
- Jon Bartley, Head of Data Advisory, RPC, UK
- Susan Bennett, Principal, Sibenco Legal & Advisory & Founder, InfoGovANZ, Australia
- Ann Bevitt, Partner, Cooley, UK
- Nana Botchorichvili, Counsel, IDEA Avocats, France
- Karishma Brahmbhatt, Counsel, Allen & Overy, UK
- Peter Church, Counsel, Linklaters, UK
- James Clark, Partner, DLA Piper, UK
- Rebecca Cousin, Partner, Slaughter and May, UK
- Gail Crawford, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK
- Richard Cumbley, TMT Partner, Global Head of TMT/IP, Linklaters, UK
- Dai Davis, Solicitor, Percy Crow Davis & Co, UK
- Alison Deighton, Director, HelloDPO, UK
- Alexander Dittel, Partner, Wedlake Bell, UK
- Kieran Donovan, Partner, Latham & Watkins, Hong Kong
- Andrew Dyson, Partner, DLA Piper, UK
- Simon Elliott, Partner, Dentons, UK
- Marcus Evans, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, UK
- Katie Hewson, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, UK
- Asélle Ibraimova, Counsel, Reed Smith, UK
- Josephine Jay, Senior Associate, Goodwin, UK
- Jonathan Kirsop, Partner, Pinsent Masons, UK
- Tatiana Kruse, Of Counsel, Dentons, UK
- Lore Leitner, Partner, Goodwin, UK
- Edward Machin, Associate, Ropes & Gray, UK
- Fiona Maclean, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK
- Jenai Nissim, Director, HelloDPO, UK
- Giles Pratt, Partner, Freshfields, UK
- Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells, UK
- Dino Wilkinson, Partner, Clyde & Co, UAE
- Ashley Winton, Partner, Mishcon de Reya, UK
Academics and Interest Groups
- Dr Zofia Bednarz, Lecturer, University of Sydney Law School, Australia
- Professor David Erdos, Professor of Law and Open Society, WYNG Fellow in Law, University of Cambridge, UK
- Dr Orla Lynskey, Associate Professor, LSE Law School, UK, and Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Belgium
- Dr Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Of Counsel, Baker McKenzie, UK
- Dr Ulrich Wuermeling, Visiting Professor for Privacy and Data Protection law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Counsel, Latham & Watkins, Germany/UK
Privacy Laws & Business
- Stewart Dresner, Founder & Chief Executive
- Laura Linkomies, Editor
- Helena Wootton, Correspondent & Data Lawyer
Speaker Biographies
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