About the IAPP

Ben is a Senior Privacy Consultant in DataGuard’s Global Corporate Team. With over 12 years’ experience as a data protection and privacy practitioner, he holds the CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT and FIP certifications, the ECPC-G Global Privacy Officer certification from the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) at Maastricht University, as well as the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection issued by the British Computer Society (BCS).

A regular public speaker, he recently interviewed Max Schrems discussing the impact of the ‘Schrems II’ case and the prospect of a ‘Schrems III’. Ben has previously held roles as an in-house Data Protection Officer, implementing and structuring global data protection frameworks, until moving to DataGuard in 2022. Ben has also work for PwC and King’s College London, gaining experience in higher education, healthcare, and fundraising, and is passionate about providing practical data protection and privacy advice that allows organisations to meet business goals while upholding people’s rights.