About the IAPP

John is a senior leader and privacy subject matter expert at Deloitte, and has worked exclusively on global privacy law and data protection issues since 1990 across numerous sectors including government, communications, banking and finance, medical devices, consumer goods, not for profit, construction, legal, aged care, retail, logistics, gaming, resources and pharmaceuticals.

Before joining the Deloitte team in 2020, John was the Group Head of Privacy for the Westpac Group. Prior to this, John was the Regional Lead-Privacy Compliance & Data Protection – APAC for Johnson & Johnson and provided privacy oversight and governance to over 30 operating companies in the region for around 10 years. John was also Chief Privacy Officer at Australia Post for 10 years and one of the first designated CPO’s in ASPAC.

John is a recipient of Australia’s first positive privacy award – the ‘Smith Award’ from the Australian Privacy Foundation in 2004, being recognised as “Australia’s Best Privacy Guardian” and has twice been a member of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Consultative Committee on Privacy.

John is also the co-founder of the Australia & New Zealand chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and served for several years as Board Director, President and Past President. He was one of the first people in ASPAC to achieve a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/Information Technology (CIPP/IT). John also holds International Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) qualifications.

John is a sessional lecturer on privacy law and delivers a privacy management course at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. John is active in the community and is a Justice of the Peace and serves on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia, a civil society privacy and digital rights advocacy organisation.