Implementing The New EU Data Protection Regulations

John is a proven technical entrepreneur, with over 15 years of insight into business operations and execution. John excels at developing strategic partnerships, implementing mission critical technical solutions involving Big Data and building Data Protection solutions from the ground level up. His career to date has seen him selected by leading government agencies to pioneer the knowledge based economy agenda, successfully implement essential EU directives for the insurance sector, assist in cost reduction programmes across the financial services sector, and work with senior management and executives to drive efficiencies and maximise profit. John has extensive experience in developing smart technology solutions around data protection compliance, and is the primary IT architect for PrivacyEngine, Sytorusí innovative product to help Data Protection Officers be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation.

He is a certified Data Protection Practitioner, holds a bachelorís degree with honours and a PhD in computer science from National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He attended Harvard Business School, completing an Executive Education Programme

The Minister was first elected to Dail Eireann in 2002 and he has successfully retained his seat in each subsequent Election, in 2007, 2011 and 2016.

In the last Dail, Minister Breen served as Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade from 22nd June 2011 to 3rd February 2016.
The Minister has also served as Chairman of the Dail Sub-Committee on Overseas development 2010-2011.

Prior to his Party being in Government, Minister Breen served in various portfolios for Fine Gael and was his Party’s Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs with responsibility for human rights and overseas development from 2007 to 2011.

Minister Breen was a member of the Council of Europe from 24th January 2005 to 24th January 2011 and Deputy Leader of the Irish Delegation. He was a member of key committees including monitor the obligations and commitments of members states, developing economic affairs and overseeing relations with non-member countries. Minister Breen was appointed Rapporteur by the Council of Europe on a report entitled “The European civil aviation industry confronted with the global financial and economic crisis”, which undertook an in-depth analysis of the effects that the global financial crisis had on the European Civil Aviation Industry.

Prior to Minister Breen’s election to Dail Eireann, he was a member of Clare County Council and the Vocational Educational Committee from June 1999 to 2002.

He is a member of the Institute of Risk Management, London (IRM), chairman of the NSAI Risk Management Consultative Committee and a member of the ISO International Risk Management Technical Committee (TC262) that is responsible for the development of risk management standards and guidance material. Gerard has worked with organisations in financial services, credit unions, education, aviation, technology and public service, providing advice and guidance on governance, compliance and risk management.

Prior to joining the AIB legal Team, Niamh worked for a large Tech Company based here in Dublin providing support on many international data protection and regulatory issues and in private practice advising clients on all elements of data privacy. She is a graduate of the National University College Galway before completing her professional exams at the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and holds a data protection certification from the Institute of Bankers.

Prior to joining Rits, Angela held several managerial roles focusing on Information Risk Management and IT Security both in Ireland and in Switzerland. Since joining Rits, Angela has assisted clients in the development and implementation of information security strategies and risk frameworks, defining and implementing Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) to enable them to proactively manage information risk and security within their organisations, conducted legal and regulatory compliance audits including Payment Card Industry (PCI) audits and undertaken various technical reviews incorporating a wide range of applications, systems and technologies.
Rits Information Security, established in 1990, is a wholly owned Irish company focusing on the delivery of specialised security consulting services, to Irish and international organisations.

She has also received a Diploma in Arbitration from UCD and a Diploma in E-Commerce from the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. She previously led the IP/Data Protection department of a large international firm. In Frontier Privacy, Kate runs the team that carries out Data Protection audits/gap analysis reporting for clients, large and small. Her team is renowned for providing clear, commercially focused solutions and clearly mapping how to achieve compliance using a project management approach.

Kate is regularly asked to speak on FOI and data protection issues and to comment in the media. She lectures on the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland’s postgraduate courses in technology law. She was one of only three Irish lawyers nominated for a Women in Law Award by the UK’s Lawyer Magazine. Kate has recently set up a “knowledge-net” group of privacy professionals who meet monthly to analyse the latest developments in privacy and cyber-information. She is also the Irish Co-Chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

He focuses on delivering regulatory driven change. Liam has 20 years of industry experience. He commenced his career working in Information Security and subsequently moved into Data Protection. He has managed the delivery of significant compliance driven projects with budgets in excess of €50m. Liam has assisted numerous organisations across the public, private and semi-state sectors with data protection issues. This includes meeting their compliance obligations, responding to breaches, developing and implementing remediation plans post breaches and responding to ODPC reviews.   More recently Liam has led Data Protection Impact Assessments within Banking, Public Sector, Health and Biometrics. As a leader in Mazars 200-person European Privacy Practice, he led the development of our GDPR compliance approach and methodology and has been applying this approach to clients since late 2016. He is currently adapting the Mazars European outsourced Data Protection Officer service for the Irish Market.

Niall specialises in intellectual property, brand law, data protection and regulatory law. He has worked with diverse clients from startups and SMEs to famous Irish and international brands, with a focus on technology, digital and consumer sectors. Niall qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and he heads up the firmís GDPR legal services advising businesses, charities and public bodies on compliance and data protection and privacy law issues. Niall sits on the IP & Data Protection Committee of the Law Society of Ireland, and is a member of the Association of Data Protection Officers and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Prior to joining Castlebridge, Peter worked extensively in senior management positions in global consulting firms in London and Singapore and as an advisor to leading RegTech software start-ups. He holds an MBA from City of London University and has taught strategy and project management MSc programmes as a visiting professor at National University of Singapore and the University of London.

He is a graduate of the Law Society of Ireland’s Certificate in Data Protection Law and Practice and Consulting Operations Principal at Castlebridge where he leads teams of consultants advising both national and multinational enterprises and government on the formation and implementation of Information Governance and Data Strategy.