Ad-Hoc Committees

Upon recommendation of Directors, Advisors, Standards Committee members or Sustaining Members, the Board of Directors may authorize the creation of ad-hoc groups or committees. Such committees may accept Individual Ambassadors as members.

Article 42 Committee

Mission: To investigate the requirements around achieving EDPB approval as a certification schema under Articles 25 and Article 42, to make recommendations to the standard committee, and to create guidelines on IOPD standards consistent with Article 25.

Ira Goel

Founder, CEO

Gira Group B.V.
CISM, ISO 27701, ISO 27001, Certified DPO

Europe
Liz Taylor

Liz Taylor

Managing Director

Tkm Consulting
Post Graduate Certificate in Data Protection Law and Information Governance, MSc Kn...

Europe

Toby Wheldon

Managing Consultant

Kuno
CIPP/E, AIGP

Europe
Veronica Mocanu

Veronica Mocanu

Expert & Researcher

Moldova State University (Moldova)
PhD in Law (Data Protection)

Europe
Damyan Rapalov

Damyan Rapalov

Privacy & Data Protection Consultant

Shyield LLC
LL.B., CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Europe

Ralph O'Brien

Principal

REINBO Consulting
EPPC-B DPO, CIPP US, AIGP, CDPSE, CIPP E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, BCS practitioner, CDP...

Europe

Conor Hogan

Commercial Director

BSI Digital Trust Consulting
FIP, CIPM, CIPPE, CISA, CISM

Europe
Rachael Olaitan Aborishade

Rachael Olaitan Aborishade

Data Privacy Analyst

The Plunk Foundation
Nigerian Bar Association qualifying certificate and LL.M, International Techn...

Europe

Andrew Berry

Associate

Enterprivacy Consulting Group

North America
Aurélie Pols

Aurélie Pols

Business Privacy Specialist & Data Owner (BPS/BDO)

Amadeus
Privacy Engineering Carnegie Mellon

Europe

Jim Wright

Managing Director

Principle Defence
CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, BCS Foundation and Practitioner in Data Protec...

Europe

Undeveloped Committees Seeking a Chair

  • Children’s Committee (Dissolved Jan 2025)
    • Mission: To apply IOPD standards to Children, Ed-tech and other markets targeting children’s data.  
  • Got an idea? What efforts would you like to see? Let us know below!
 

Looking to Join a Committee?

Committee Members must be Individual Ambassadors. To nominate yourself to a committee, please apply for Ambassadorship noting your interest in joining a committee. 

 

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