About the IAPP

Susan Lynch Foster joined AstraZeneca in April 2023 as Director, Data Privacy - Global Clinical Solutions within Clinical Operations. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Sue spent over two decades in private legal practice with several international law firms. Her work has focused on the biopharma sector, from the largest international drug development collaborations to ultra-orphan indications. Sue is particularly interested in the challenges that sponsors of global clinical studies face in aligning global technology systems and organizational processes with local privacy and clinical regulatory requirements. With the rising importance of AI in drug discovery and clinical development, Sue’s work engages with AI and privacy as fundamentally interwoven elements of the compliance puzzle.

Sue is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales and as a lawyer in California, USA. She holds a JD from Stanford Law School, a PhD from Cornell University, and an AB from Princeton University. Sue also holds the IAPP’s CIPP/Europe and AIGP certifications.