IAPP UK Intensive 2026: Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law

LONDON

23-26 February

Speakers

The IAPP is policy-neutral. We see it as our responsibility to showcase a broad spectrum of voices and perspectives. Please enjoy the luminaries we have assembled from the U.K. and beyond as they speak about current issues in privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law.

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Keynote speakers

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Mary Beard

Professor of Classics and Ancient Literature, Royal Academy of Arts

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John Edwards

Information Commissioner, U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office

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Tiffany Jenkins

Author, Journalist, Historian, Broadcaster

Session speakers at IAPP Intensive 2026

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Stephen Almond

Vice President of Policy and Consulting

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

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Pilar Arzuaga

CIPP/E

Senior Associate, Data Protection, AI and Cybersecurity

McDermott Will & Emery

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Sunny Athwal

CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Chief Privacy Officer

HCL Technologies

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Charmian Aw

AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

Partner

Hogan Lovells

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Samuel Barnes

Data Protection Officer, Senior Legal Director

PepsiCo

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Nathalie Barrera

CIPP/E

Director, Privacy EMEA

Palo Alto Networks

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Emma Bate

Director of Legal Services

U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office

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Bojana Bellamy

CIPP/E

President

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

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Francesca Blythe

Partner

Sidley Austin

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Julia Bonder-Le Berre

CIPM

Head of Global Privacy

Iron Mountain

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John Bowman

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead

IBM

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Etienne De Burgh

Office of the CISO

Google Cloud

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Sofia Calado

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

Associate General Counsel, Director Privacy and AI

Cloudflare

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Jasmien César

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT

Senior Managing Counsel, Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility

Mastercard

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Christopher Chew

AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPM, FIP

Technical Leader, Office of the CTO

Cisco

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Ronen Cohen

Vice President for Strategy and UK Commercial Lead

Duality Technologies

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Paul Comerford

CIPT

Principal Technology Policy Adviser

U.K. Information Commissioner's Office

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Sinead Connolly

Senior Privacy Lawyer

J.P. Morgan

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Jo Copping

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Head of EMEA Privacy

Salesforce

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Rebecca Cousin

Senior Consultant

Slaughter and May

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Jelena De Lannoy

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT, FIP

EMEA Privacy Officer

Cisco

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Jennifer Dolan

Deputy Commissioner, Head of Inter-Regulatory Affairs

Data Protection Commission Ireland

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Iain Drennan

Executive Director

WeProtect Global Alliance

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Jonathan Dunne

Director, Regulatory Affairs, Privacy

Google

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James Finlayson

CIPP/E

Data Protection Officer

Virgin Media O2

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Jane Finlayson-Brown

Partner

A&O Shearman

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Paul Foster

Deputy Director, Head of the National Cyber Crime Unit

UK National Crime Agency

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Giovanna Fragala

AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPP/E

Legal Counsel, Privacy and AI Specialist

RCS Media Group

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Natascha Gerlach

CIPP/E

Director of Privacy and Data Policy

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

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Grainne Ni Ghuidhir

Lead Privacy Council Europe

TikTok

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Anusha Gilley

Executive Director, Privacy Office Engineering

Goldman Sachs

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Daisy Godfrey

CIPP/E

Head of Legal, Group, Digital and Data Protection

Aviva

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Fedelma Good

Managing Director

Best Practice Privacy

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Caroline Goulding

CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

Data Protection Officer and DMA Compliance Officer

TikTok

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Angelica Gutierrez Navarro

CIPP/E

Data Privacy Manager

PepsiCo

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Todd Hemmen

Chief for the Cyber Division's Technical Analytics and Operations

US FBI

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Katie Hewson

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Partner, Head of Data Protection

Stephenson Harwood LLP

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Tim Hickman

Partner, Head of Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity

White & Case

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Airlie Hilliard

Research Lead, Policy and Governance

Holistic AI

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Eleanor Hobson

CIPP/E, CIPM

Partner

Kemp IT Law

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Nils Hullen

AIGP

Program Director Global AI, Privacy and Data Regulation

IBM

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Ian Hulme

Director, Regulatory Assurance

U.K. Information Commissioner's Office

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Lorenzo Iobbi Honorati

Group Data Protection Officer

Morgan Stanley

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Jas Johal

CIPP/E

Senior Director, AI, Data and Privacy

Alvarez & Marsal

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Joe Jones

Research and Insights Director

IAPP

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Kate Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum

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Holly Jubb

Senior Cyber Security Manager

Gatwick Airport

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Iiris Kivikari

Partner, Head of IP, Media and AI

Dittmar & Indrenius

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Teena Lee

CIPP/US

Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer

News Corporation

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Barbara Li

CIPP/E

Partner

Reed Smith

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William Malcolm

Executive Director of Regulatory Risk and Innovation

U.K. Information Commissioner's Office

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Gabriela Mercuri

Managing Director

SCOPE Europe

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Natasha McAllister

CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP

Privacy and InfoSec SME

Cognizant

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Marco Moragón

CIPP/E

Senior Public Policy Manager

Workday

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Grainne Ni Ghuidhir

Lead Privacy Council Europe

TikTok

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Thomas Nietsch

CIPP/E

Partner, Tech and Privacy Law

K&L Gates

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Carlos Pereira

CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Global Chief Privacy Officer

Willis Towers Watson

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Sarah Phenix

Head of Data Governance

Munich Re Specialty

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Teodora Pimpireva Tapping

AIGP, CIPP/E

Global Head of Privacy

Bumble

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Alex Press

President, CEO

Center for Democracy & Technology

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Philipp Raether

AIGP, CIPP/E

Chief Privacy and AI Trust Officer

Allianz

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Carola Reinth

Associate Legal Counsel for EU Affairs

Google

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Owen Rowland

Deputy Director, Head of Data Protection Policy

U.K. Department for Science, Information and Technology

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Jessica Rusu

Chief Data, Intelligence and Information Officer

Financial Conduct Authority

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Olivia Savage

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Principal Lawyer, Consumer Data

BT Group

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Jane Smith

Field Chief Data and AI Officer

ThoughtSpot

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Isabella Sorby

Privacy Counsel

Bloomberg

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Eden Tayyip

PETs and Emerging Technologies Fellow

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

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Abhishek Tiwari

AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Associate Director, Data Privacy

PwC India

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Monika Tomczak-Górlikowska

AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT

Group Head of Privacy, Digital and Regulatory

Prosus and Naspers

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Antti Vähä-Sipilä

CIPP/E

Director, Product Security

Wolt

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Monisha Varadan

EMEA Privacy Lead, Privacy Safety Security Engineering

Google

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Ali Vaziri

CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Partner

Lewis Silkin

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Evelien Visser

CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Group Data Privacy Senior Legal Counsel

Shell

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Sandra Wachter

Professor of Technology and Regulation

University of Oxford

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James Wong

Lawyer

Clifford Chance

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Steve Wood

Special Advisor, Allen & Overy; Director

PrivacyX Consulting

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Miriam H. Wugmeister

Partner

Morrison & Foerster