About the IAPP

Ronan is a senior executive with 20 years of in-house technology and private practice experience in the legal and compliance sector. Ronan currently serves as Associate General Counsel at Anthropic. As Anthropic’s first hire in the EU, he has been instrumental in supporting the company’s recent expansion into Europe, and advising on EU regulatory considerations including its approach to compliance with the EU AI Act and GDPR. 

Prior to working at Anthropic, Ronan spent more than nine years at Etsy where he served as Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Data Protection Officer. He also spent several years working in two of Ireland’s leading commercial law firms prior to joining the technology industry.