About the IAPP

Olivier Micol is since 2016 the head of the Data protection unit within the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission. His tasks include monitoring the implementation of the EU data protection rules (in particular the GDPR and the data protection Law Enforcement Directive) and the respect of these rules in all EU policies.

He joined the European Commission in 1996 where he notably followed the bilateral trade relations between the EU and Asia for 12 years, first in the Directorate General for Trade, then in the EU Delegation in China. He then worked for 7 years in the field of consumer policy, as deputy head of the Consumer strategy unit, and subsequently as head of the Financial services and redress unit in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers.

Olivier Micol graduated as statistician-economist from ENSAE Paris (National School for Statistics and Economic Administration) and from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).