2023 Conference Speakers and Biographies
Conference Speakers
Data Protection Authorities and Policy Makers
- Stephen Bonner, Deputy Commissioner, ICO, UK
- Claire Chapman, Head of AI Regulation and Governance, Office for AI, UK
- Clarisse Girot, Head, Data Governance and Privacy Unit, OECD, 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
- Luis Ricardo Sánchez Hernández, General Director of Regulations and Consultations, National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information, and Personal Data Protection, Mexico
- Anu Talus, Data Protection Commissioner, Finland
Companies
- Matthew Bellringer, Director, Meangbit, & Director, People Developing People, UK
- Ties Boonzajer Flaes, Senior Legal Counsel, Tencent, Netherlands
- Carole Cadwalladr, Journalist, The Observer, UK
- Edwin Concepcion, Country Head, The Philippines, Straits Interactive, The Philippines
- Dr Sarah Han, Head of Research, Straits Interactive, Malaysia
- Laura Handford, Senior Counsel, Digital and Data Protection, Aviva, UK
- Jane Hunt, Senior Privacy Counsel, Clear Channel International, UK
- Ardi Kolah, Doctorate Researcher, Queen's University Belfast, UK
- Timothy Ma, Head of International Privacy and Data Protection, Tencent, Hong Kong
- Tina Maisonneuve, Chief Privacy Officer, Nokia, UK
- Andrew Mills, Legal Director UK&I, Experian, UK
- Ralph O'Brien, Principal, REINBO Consulting, UK
- Teodora Pimpireva Tapping, Head of Privacy, Bumble, UK
- Barry Proudfoot, Legal Counsel, Data Privacy, Diageo, UK
- Bekah Putz, Sr. Assistant General Counsel - Privacy & Security, Chegg, UK
- Bethany Ruggen, 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
- Chris Wiley, Head of insight and emerging technologies, H&M, UK
Law Firms
- Rachael Annear, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UK
- Jon Bartley, Head of Data Advisory, RPC, UK
- Susan Bennett, Principal, Sibenco Legal & Advisory & Founder, InfoGovANZ, Australia
- Nana Botchorichvili, Counsel, IDEA Avocats, France
- Karishma Brahmbhatt, Counsel, Allen & Overy, UK
- James Clark, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, 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
- Kieran Donovan, Partner, Latham & Watkins, Hong Kong
- Andrew Dyson, Partner, DLA Piper, UK
- Simon Elliott, Partner, Dentons, UK
- Katie Hewson, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, UK
- Aselle Ibraimova, Counsel, Reed Smith, UK
- Josephine Jay, Senior Associate, Goodwin, UK
- Edward Machin, Associate, Ropes & Gray, UK
- Fiona Maclean, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK
- Jenai Nissim, Director, HelloDPO, UK
- Boris Segalis, Partner, Goodwin, USA
- Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells, UK
- Dino Wilkinson, Partner, Clyde & Co, UAE
- Ashley Winton, Partner, Mishcon de Reya, UK
- James Wong, Associate, Tech / Digital, Clifford Chance, UK
Academics and Interest Groups
- Dr Zofia Bednarz, Lecturer, University of Sydney Law School, Australia
- Jill Bronfman, Privacy Counsel, Common Sense Media, USA
- Professor David Erdos, University Lecturer in Law and Open Society, WYNG Fellow in Law, University of Cambridge, UK
Privacy Laws & Business
- Stewart Dresner, Founder & Chief Executive
- Laura Linkomies, Editor
- Helena Wootton, Correspondent & Data Lawyer
Speaker Biographies
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