Dora Amoah

Global Privacy Office – Lead, Asia-Pacific Region, The Boeing Company

Dora is the Regional Lead for Boeing Global Privacy Office, Asia Pacific. As a seasoned leader, she collaborates with key stakeholders to continuously respect people’s privacy, enhance data protection, minimize privacy risk and embed privacy compliance programs and framework, globally.

Prior to joining Boeing, Dora served as acting Director Privacy Governance at Service New South Wales where she spearheaded a team to remediate the Service NSW personal data beach incident in 2020. She was also in roles such as Manager Privacy, Legal and Compliance and acted as Director Governance, Regulation and Corporate at the Department of Customer Service.

Dora holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, MBA – Corporate Governance and IAPP Certification.

Rachel Baker

Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy, JAPAC, Salesforce

Rachel Baker is a Senior Corporate Counsel (Privacy) at Salesforce. She is responsible for a broad range of data protection issues across Asia Pacific, including negotiating complex agreements with customers, designing internal privacy systems, engaging with legislators and regulators, and supporting the company’s compliance with evolving privacy laws.

Rachel has been at Salesforce for four years. Prior to joining Salesforce, she worked at global law firm Ashurst and Australian firm Clayton Utz, in the IP and technology teams, where she developed practice in privacy, content moderation and the regulation of digital platforms. Rachel has a BA in Journalism and a Juris Doctor from Sydney University.

Fabio Bruno

Assistant Director, Applied Innovation, INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation

Fabio BRUNO is currently Assistant Director of Applied Innovation at the INTERPOL Innovation Centre in Singapore, seconded by the Italian State Police. He joined the Italian Police in 1999 and is an experienced cybercrime investigator and digital forensics analyst. He worked at the Postal and Communication Police in Palermo and Catania.

Fabio started his secondment in Singapore as Digital Forensics Analyst in February 2020 and got promoted to Head of Digital Forensics Lab on 2022 and Assistant Director (pro tempore) on 2023.

Lanah Kammourieh Donnelly

Global Head of Privacy Policy, Google

Lanah Kammourieh Donnelly is the Global Head of Privacy Policy at Google. She leads the team responsible for the company’s work with policymakers and policy stakeholders on privacy issues around the world. She also serves as an adviser to Google’s senior management on privacy policy issues.

Previously, she led Google’s public policy work on advertising ecosystem and ad safety issues.

Before joining Google, Lanah worked as a privacy and data protection lawyer, and earlier in her career as a broadcast journalist and news presenter.

Lanah is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris (Master of Political Science), Columbia University (Master of International Affairs, Fulbright Scholar), and Yale Law School (LL.M.). She and her husband Stephen have two young daughters.

Emily Hancock

Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, Cloudflare

Emily Hancock is the Head of Legal – Privacy, Product & IP and Data Protection Office for San Francisco-based Cloudflare, Inc., where she is responsible for counseling business and product teams on global data privacy and security issues and for developing and maintaining Cloudflare’s privacy program. Emily has nearly 20 years of experience in privacy and data protection law. Prior to joining Cloudflare, Emily was Vice President, Legal at Evernote. Before that, Emily held positions at Yahoo and in private practice working on a wide variety of data privacy and security matters. She holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Boston College.

Derek Ho

Deputy Chief Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility Officer, Mastercard

Derek Ho is the Deputy Chief Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility Officer at Mastercard. Derek is a Singapore qualified lawyer and he specialises in privacy and data protection and technology law. Prior to Mastercard, Derek held senior legal positions in multinational companies in the Asia Pacific region, and was part of Drew & Napier LLC’s telecommunications, media and technology practice in Singapore. In addition to his work at Mastercard, Derek serves in various advisory roles with different organizations, including as a member of the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission’s Advisory Committee on Data Protection, and as a member of the DIFC Digital Economy Court Working Group. Derek earned a Doctorate in Business Administration, cum laude from SDA Bocconi School of Management, and a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional, a Certified Information Privacy Manager, and a Senior Accredited Specialist in Data and Data Economy Law.

Arianne Jimenez

Head of Privacy and Data Policy, Engagement, APAC, Meta

Dr. Arianne T. Jimenez is the Meta Head of Privacy & Data Policy, Engagement, for the Asia Pacific, and has been part of the company’s global Privacy and Data Policy Team since 2018. She’s responsible for helping drive Meta’s strategy and engagement in the region on privacy and emerging tech policy. She is also involved in regulatory engagement, evaluating and responding to legislative and regulatory developments around privacy and emerging technologies, providing advice on product and policy development, and building initiatives focused on privacy and emerging technologies, including AI.

She brings both an academic and industry perspective, having specialized in privacy law for her Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) degree, which she obtained from the University of California – Berkeley School of Law. Her doctoral dissertation was on Working Towards a Data Protection Soft Law Framework for the ASEAN Region. She obtained her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the same institution, where she obtained a Certificate of Specialization in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. During her time in Berkeley, she was also a Graduate Tutor and a Research Assistant, focusing her efforts on legal research and writing, and US privacy.

During her legal career in the Philippines, from which she hails, she clerked for a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, worked as Legal Counsel and Data Protection Officer for a tech company, and taught law subjects at De La Salle University. She’s also published articles on intellectual property law and cyberlaw.

Zee Kin Yeong

Chief Executive, Singapore Academy of Law

Mr Yeong Zee Kin holds a Master of Laws from Queen Mary University of London and completed his undergraduate law degree at the National University of Singapore. His experience as a Technology, Media and Telecommunications lawyer spans both the private and public sectors. He has spoken and published in areas relating to electronic evidence and intellectual property, as well as legal issues relating to Blockchain and AI deployment. Zee Kin is an internationally recognized expert on AI ethics. He spearheaded the development of Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework, which won the UNITU WSIS Prize in 2019. He is currently a member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI (ONE AI). In 2019, he was a member of the AI Group of Experts at the OECD (AIGO), which developed the OECD Principles on AI. These principles have been endorsed by the G20 in 2019. He was also an observer participant at the European Commission’s HighLevel Expert Group on AI, which fulfilled its mandate in June 2020.

Zee Kin is also a well-regarded expert on data privacy issues. He has contributed to publications on legal issues relating to data privacy and has spoken at many well-recognised international and domestic platforms on this topic.

Annelies Moens

Managing Director, Privcore

Annelies’ vision is to make privacy core business. Much of the value of an organisation lies in how well it manages the data it holds, making the chief privacy officer as important as the chief financial and digital & data officers. Annelies is the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Vanguard Oceania 2023 Award recipient for demonstrating exceptional leadership, expertise and creativity in privacy and data protection. She is also one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM, selected in 2021-2022 for her widely recognised privacy expertise. She is a mentor for the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders initiative and the Asia Pacific senior privacy consultant for TrustArc.

Annelies co-founded the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in Australia and New Zealand in 2008. She was elected its President in 2011-2012. She has been consulting in privacy since 2012. Through Privcore, she and her team conduct privacy impact assessments, privacy health checks, data breach prevention and response, regulatory engagement and build privacy programs for clients so they can increase trust and confidence.

Prior to founding Privcore, Annelies was Deputy Managing Director at Information Integrity Solutions where she led with her team hundreds of client deliverables over six years. Annelies’ work influenced the Australian government’s decision to include Australia as a participant in the APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System for safer regional transfers of data.

Bilal Mohamed

Policy Analyst for Global Privacy, FPF

Bilal serves as a Policy Analyst for FPF’s Global Privacy Team and is based in India. He will focus on monitoring and analyzing developments related to the implementation and enforcement of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, as well as tracking advancements in adjacent policy areas such as artificial intelligence regulation.

Prior to joining FPF, Bilal played a key role in supporting the Office of the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. At the Ministry, he contributed his expertise in legal and policy research, focusing on areas such as data protection, platform regulation, and online gaming.

He has also worked as a researcher at the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG), National Law University Delhi, and the Aapti Institute. While at CCG, he authored policy responses, research reports, and blog posts on issues surrounding data governance and intermediary liability. At Aapti, his research focused on the role of data stewardship models in enhancing the socio-economic value of data while preserving community privacy rights.

Bilal holds an LL.B (Honours) degree from the University of Edinburgh, where his undergraduate thesis focused on defining the contours of India’s constitutional right to privacy. He was also a 2021 Daksha Technology Law and Policy Fellow.

Dominic Paulger

Policy Manager for Asia-Pacific and China, FPF

Dominic is a Policy Manager in the Future of Privacy Forum’s Asia Pacific and China (APAC) office, where he conducts research and analyzes key trends in law, regulation, and policy relating to data protection, privacy, and emerging technologies in APAC and leads FPF’s projects and activities across the region.

Prior to joining FPF, Dominic worked in Amazon Web Services’ Global Public Policy team, where he developed strategic advocacy positions and materials to educate policymakers on a wide range of issues relating to data and the digital economy in Asia. He was also a research assistant for Dr. Clarisse Girot at the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI), where he contributed to a major publication on legal convergence for cross-border transfers of personal data in Asia: “Transferring Personal Data in Asia: A path to legal certainty and regional convergence.” Dominic earned a J.D. from Singapore Management University and a B.A. from King’s College, London.”

Darshini Ramiah

Senior Manager (AI Governance and Safety), IMDA

Darshini is a manager in the AI Governance and Safety Team (Data Innovation & Protection Group) in IMDA. Her work includes the formulation and implementation of policies relating to AI governance and ethics as well as data protection. She also engages ecosystem stakeholders on collaboratively building evaluation and testing capabilities for generative AI, including designing and implementing sandboxes. Darshini is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Singapore Bar.

Prior to joining IMDA, she was a State Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers where she advised on data protection issues. Darshini also has an LL.M. in Law & Technology and served as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court.

Sakshi Shivhare

Policy Associate for Asia-Pacific, FPF

Sakshi is a Policy Associate at the Future of Privacy Forum, Asia-Pacific office. With a comprehensive set of responsibilities, she monitors and analyzes legal, policy, and regulatory developments concerning the domains of privacy, emerging technologies, and data protection within the region, where she also engages with stakeholders from government, industry, academia, and civil society to advance FPF’s mission.

With her experience in working with a multinational IT service provider and tech start-ups, Sakshi possesses a comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape and a global perspective. Having served in the legal teams of these diverse entities, she has honed her skills in navigating complex legal matters.

Sakshi is an India qualified lawyer, she boasts a strong academic foundation with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the esteemed ILS Law College, Pune and a Master of Laws degree from the prestigious National University of Singapore, specializing in intellectual property, privacy and technology laws.

In addition to her legal acumen, she is keenly interested in the growth of technologies and dedicated to exploring how law and policy play a pivotal role in shaping the tech landscape.

Josh Lee Kok Thong

Managing Director for APAC, FPF

Josh is deeply passionate in the issues at the intersection of law, policy and technology, and is a changemaker in the spheres of the law of tech, and the tech of law.

As a legal architect that hopes to re-shape relationships disrupted by technology, Josh is the Managing Director, Asia-Pacific of the Future of Privacy Forum. In this role, he leads a team furthering FPF’s mission of advancing data protection best practices and the trusted development and use of emerging technologies in the region.

Josh received his LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2022, where he was named to the Dean’s List for his academic achievements. Josh was also a Richard Buxbaum International Graduate Fellow and a White & Case Kathryn Aguirre Worth Scholar. An active contributor to Berkeley Law’s student body, Josh served as the LL.M. Editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and co-founded B-LIT, Berkeley’s first legal innovation student organisation.

Before postgraduate studies, Josh served for half a decade in the Singapore Government. More recently, he was the Legal Policy Manager for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance in Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission, where he managed Singapore’s overall AI governance policies. Before that, Josh was an Assistant Director for Legal Policy in the Ministry of Law, where he drove criminal and civil legislative reform, particularly in technology and online harms. He also practiced as an international arbitration lawyer in a large Singaporean law firm.

As a driver of the tech of law, Josh is the first Chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (https://alita.legal), a pan-regional industry platform driving legal innovation and technology initiatives in the region. Josh also co-founded LawTech.Asia (https://lawtech.asia) and etpl.asia, organizations that advance thought leadership on law and technology in Asia. In 2019, Josh was identified by Asia Law Portal as one of Asia’s Top 30 Persons to Watch in the business of law.

In addition, Josh is a member of Singapore’s Law Reform Subcommittee for Robotics and AI, where he authored a law reform report on “Criminal Liability, Robots and AI Systems”.  Josh was also a chapter co-author of Law and Technology in Singapore, which was edited by Professor Simon Chesterman, Professor Goh Yihan, and Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang. Given his keen interest in new technologies like AI and its potential impacts on society and governance, Josh is also a voting member of the IEEE P2863 Working Group on Organisational Governance of AI Systems, and holds research roles in the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. He speaks regularly at conferences and dialogues in the law of tech and tech of law ecosystems.

Lee Wan Sie

Cluster Director, AI Governance & Safety, IMDA

Lee Wan Sie is Director for Data-Driven Tech at Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority. In the area of AI, her responsibilities include driving Singapore’s approach to AI governance, growing the trustworthy AI ecosystem in Singapore and collaborating with governments around the world to further the development of responsible AI. She is also responsible for encouraging greater use of emergent data technologies, such as privacy enhancing tech, to enable more trusted data sharing in Singapore. Wan Sie has extensive experience in technology use in the public sector – prior to her current role, she developed Singapore’s strategies for Digital Economy and Smart Nation, enabled tech experimentation and innovation as head of IDA Labs, and implemented government digital services that helped Singapore become one of the easiest places in a world to do business. Outside of Singapore, she has worked with governments around the world in their national digitalisation efforts. Wan Sie actively supports Women in Tech in Singapore, to encourage young women to take up a career in technology.

Justin B. Weiss

Senior Director CGA, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring

Justin leads the IP, competition and data privacy teams within Naspers—a South African global internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. In his role he counsels executives on management of digital and regulatory affairs, and also directly supports investee companies ranging from start-ups to mature multinational players in jurisdictions across the global south on legal compliance, M&A, contracting, policy and training. Previously, Justin served as Assistant General Counsel for Privacy & International Policy at Yahoo!, representing the company before world governments, APEC, the COE, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party and technology-focused trade associations on regulatory matters.

An experienced international practitioner, he has served as an expert privacy advisor to the OECD’s Working Party on Information Security and Privacy in its 30-year review of the OECD Privacy Principles, and served as chair of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals in 2020.