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Thought Leaders
Events 4 Sure & GeneralCounsel360 have curated a remarkable assembly of global Thought Leaders, comprising in-house lawyers hailing from multinational corporations spanning North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Our Thought Leaders feature some of the most brilliant and accomplished legal minds representing the financial services, information technology, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, insurance, entertainment, and health & wellness sectors. These esteemed Thought Leaders wholeheartedly endorse our mission and offer invaluable perspectives, contributions, and guidance.
USA REGION
Patrick Flaherty
Senior Managing Associate General Counsel,
Verizon, USA
Hongming Liu
Senior IP Counsel,
Tencent America, USA
Alejandro Galvan Illane
Legal Manager & DPO,
Petco, Mexico
Mariel Fernandez
Senior Legal Counsel,
SAP,
Argentina
Jessica Fisher
Senior Counsel, Global Legal Investigations, IBM, USA
Hugo Teufel III
Chief Privacy Officer,
Lumen Technologies, USA
Mauricio Roschel
Global Manager Legal, Data Privacy, Commercial and Products,
AB InBev, Brazil
Hugo Mendes
Senior Legal Counsel -
BASF,
Brazil
Elyse Glazer
Associate General Counsel,
HSBC, USA
Harry Halikias
Global Information Security Sr. Director of Privacy & Security,
Sony Music Publishing
Awnya Creque
Sr Manager of eDiscovery,
CBRE, USA
Fabio Morini Calil
Global Privacy Counsel,
3M
Mia Parker
Sr. Director, Regulatory Compliance & Governance Office, HP Enterprise, USA
Jason Skinder
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel,
Lear Corporation, USA
Daniela Juarez
Privacy and Data Protection Counsel LAC,
Mastercard, Mexico
Florencia Bossi
Attorney - Legal & Business Affairs Department,
Universal Music Group, Argentina
Rachel Nico
Global Legal Director,
Intel, USA
David Cohen
Partner,
Reed Smith LLP, USA
María Fernanda Garciazarco Sánchez
Data Privacy Officer,
Bosch, Mexico
Gabriela Paiva Morette
Director Privacy, Latin America,
Johnson & Johnson,
Brazil
Nikki Vo
Director & AGC,
Head of IP Litigation, Meta, USA
Kerianne Tobitsch
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Partner,
JONES DAY, USA
Marcia Muniz
Legal Director Latam,
Cisco,
Brazil
Awnya Creque
APAC REGION
Prerna Gandhi
Head of Legal,
Amazon, Singapore
Pulin Kumar
Director Compliance and Data Protection Officer, Mytilineos AE, India
Chingwen Lim
Associate General Counsel,
Singapore
Debangsu Das
Senior Counsel,
Google,
India
Jeth Lee
Director of Legal and Government Affairs, Microsoft, Singapore
Rajiv Malik
Head of Legal,
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., India
Jaroslaw Jankowski
Korea Branch Manager | Lead Counsel Siemens Logistics, APAC
Neha Ksshirsagar
Legal Director,
Medtronic,
India
Sugandha Kamal
Legal Director,
Johnson & Johnson,
Singapore
SANDESH JADHAV
Global Data Privacy Law Officer,
Wipro Technologies, India
Sebastien Lacroix
Data Privacy Officer,
The Coca-Cola Company, Singapore
Joginder Yadav
General Counsel, India & SAARC,
Cisco, India
UK & EUROPE
UK/EUROPE REGION
Gary Brown
Chief Privacy Officer,
Westinghouse Electric Company, UK
Evie Kyriakides-Stenhouse
Chief Privacy Officer and Group DPO, Natura &Co
Julie Varcoe-Cocks
Head of Ethics Regulatory and Compliance / DPO Officer,
Serco, UK
Jiri Cerny
Legal, Compliance and Security Director,
Tesco, Czech Republic
Wayne Spillett
Head of Legal,
Vodafone, UK
Nicola Galtieri
Head of Ethics & Compliance,
Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany
Alessandro Marroni
Director of Patent Transactions & External Alliances, Nokia, Germany
Roberto Valenti
IP Partner,
DLA Piper, Italy
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Sofoklis Karapidakis
Compliance Director and DPO,
Metlen Energy & Metals
Alja Poler De Zwart
Partner,
Morrison & Foerster LLP, Belgium
Carlos Landazabal Angeli
Compliance & Data Privacy Officer,
Canadian Solar Inc., Spain
Catarina Silva
Data Protection Officer,
Sodexo Business Services
MIDDLE EAST REGION
MIDDLE EAST REGION
Ali Katkhada
Group Chief Information Officer
Depa Group
UAE
Vicente POMARES ARIAS
Head of Data Protection,
Alshaya Group, UAE
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Manish Mishra
Data Protection Officer,
Citibank
Hani Bakry
Compliance Officer
Boehringer Ingelheim MENA
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Eliana Fonseca
Legal Counsel
Emirates Flight Catering
Noor Maki
Group General Counsel
Rental Solutions and Services
Richard Defontaine
Head of Legal Middle East and Africa & Lead Counsel Grid Automation, GE Grid Solutions
Halil Kardicali
Regional General Counsel MEA + TR
3M
Giuseppe Falbo
Global Head E&C Investigations
Takeda
Marco Fey
Senior Manager Data Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
Mediclinic
Nicola Jackson
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Felipe Arboleda Márquez
Legal Director,
CHEP, UAE
Dominik Engel
Lead Counsel,
ABB, Dubai
Siham Benhamidouche
Digital Risk Leader,
Schneider Electric
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Imran Kazmi
Regional Head Regulatory Compliance & Data Privacy
Habib Bank Limited
Okan KIZILIRMAK
Regional Director
Aksa Power Generation FZE
Yasmeen Elkenawy
Regional head of Integrity MEA
Hitachi energy
Mahmoud Shaarawy
Chief Legal officer
HSA GROUP
Sara Darazirar
Leader Legal and Compliancer
LIXIL
Mohammed Noaman
EMEA General Counsel
GE Vernova
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Christopher Shelton
Head of Legal and Sustainability
Mowah
Randall Walker
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Ahmed Kandil
Regional Ethics and Compliance Officer- MEA
MENARINI Group, UAE
Riham Naim
Head of Legal,
Novartis, UAE
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Cristina Amate Munoz
Head of Legal and Contracts,
BEUMER Group
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Shaima Al Sayed
Head of Legal
VinFast Middle East
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Jesse Mudaliyar
Vice President, Senior Managing Counsel, MEA
Mastercard
Abduraheem Padinhare Kayakalil
Senior Legal Manager
CARS24
Riswana Gaswan
Head of Legal
Imdaad
Shahinaz Ayyad
Regional Ethics & Compliance Director - Africa
Reckitt
Tawfiq Zuwayyed
General Legal Counsel
Commercial Bank International
Chehade El Kahi
General Counsel
Emirates Petroleum Company P.J.S.C
Laura Thomson
General Counsel
Emirates Water and Electricity Company
Hala Sakr
Senior Legal Counsel/Head of Data Privacy,
Samsung Electronics, UAE
Kamal Sharma
Director & Assistant G. C., Global Brand Protection, IMEA, Procter & Gamble, UAE
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Motilal Chaturvedi
VP & Head, HSE & Security,
First Gulf Bank
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Sadaf Rizvi
Group Head of Data Governance & Privacy
Al Futtaim
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Seema Singh
Global General Counsel
Advanta Seeds
Cihan Seuleiman-Morgan
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer,
Airtel Mobile Commerce BV
Ankurj Sharma
General Counsel
Aditya Birla Global Trading
Mehreen Shafiq
Head of Legal, Middle East
Mondelēz International
Muhanned Bukhatwa
Group Data Privacy Legal Counsel & Senior Manager, Data Privacy,
Emirates NBD & The Bench
Beatriz Gomez
Senior Counsel, Legal Head for META & CIS
Amadeus IT Group
Yannick Hefti-Rossier
Senior Associate
Bird & Bird (MEA) LLP
Ahmed Zaki
Senior Vice President - Legal Affairs
Al Hamra
Bosko Vojkic
Director of Data Protection,
Ergomed, Serbia
Sakshi Buttoo
Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity Counsel,
FIS
Sherwyn ROdricks
Senior Vice President- Risk & Compliance Management
Daman
Ahmad Saleh
Partner, Head of Innovation, patents and Industrial Property (3IP)), Al Tamimi & Company
Bijan Brahmbhatt
Senior Corporate Counsel
Precision Drilling
Shaharyar Nashat
Executive Director Legal
Al Jomaih Energy and Water Co. Ltd.
Heba Hamdy
EMEA Cybersecurity Legal Lead + Lead Counsel, Legal Sales KSA, North Africa & Levant,
Cisco
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Meltem Ozker Gunduz
Vice-President
Novo Nordisk
Islam Ragab
Global Head of Legal
ArpuPlus
Antonia Birt
Partner
Reed Smith
Yasser Aboismail
General Counsel and Head of Compliance,
Schindler, UAE
Meltem Temelcan
Digital and Data Privacy Legal Counsel,
HSBC, Turkey
Lori Baker
Director of Data Protection & Regulatory Compliance
DIFC Authority
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Ghinwa Halik
Global Privacy - Middle East & Africa Lead
Johnson & Johnson
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Aylin Önen
Trademark Manager
Paris Group LLC
Dr. Srinivas Pala
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Utico FZC
Aya Emam
Senior Legal Counsel
Agthia PJSC
Saloni Tuteja
Head of Legal
Servier
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Ghassan Haddad
General Counsel & Chief of Staff
CAFU
Anna Kobzar
Legal Counsel
Seddiqi Holding LLC
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