Stephen Almond

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

Vice President of Policy and Consulting

Stephen Almond is Vice President of Policy and Consulting at the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), where he leads global collaboration with business and regulators on data, AI and digital governance.



Previously Executive Director at the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, Stephen led interventions on AI, adtech, children’s privacy and emerging technologies that drove major product changes by global technology firms.



He is recognised internationally for his leadership in technology governance, named by POLITICO as one of the “14 people who matter in UK AI policy” and by Apolitical as one of the “World’s 50 Most Influential People Navigating Disruption”.



Earlier in his career, Stephen founded the World Economic Forum’s programme on regulatory innovation, following a decade of senior roles in the UK Government.

 

Contributions by Stephen Almond

  • Agentic AI: Autonomous Operatives Transforming Business
    Speaker at IAPP UK Intensive 2026: Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law
  • Recommender Systems: Balancing Innovation with Children’s Safety and Well-being
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
  • Adtech Privacy: Pay, OK, Another Way?
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025
  • Web Scraping and the Rise of Generative AI
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025
  • The Future for Biometrics
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025
  • Adtech Privacy: Pay, OK, Another Way?
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Generative AI and Privacy: Laying the Foundations for Responsible Use
    Speaker at AI Governance Global 2024
  • PETS: How Can We Drive Progress? National Strategies and Regulator Perspectives
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • A Global Initiative to Elevate Safeguards Against Data Scraping
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • UK Paves the Way on PETs Research: Lessons Learned All Over the World
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024
  • The Silver Lining: How to Navigate Privacy and the Cloud
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024
  • No Sludge Here: Avoiding Deceptive Design Practices
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024
  • Global Regulatory Roundtable
    LBS Speaker at IAPP ANZ Summit 2023
  • Generative AI and Bots: Privacy Risks, Business Opportunities and the Way Ahead
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • The London Effect: the UK's Approach to Data and AI Governance
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • PETs: A New Best Friend for the Privacy Professional?
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • PETs: A New Best Friend for the Privacy Professional?
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • The ICO's Innovation Services and What They Can Do for Your Business
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • Online Safety: The Interplay Between New UK Regulation and Data Protection
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023