Managing privacy in a very large and in a smaller company
Ben Westwood was instrumental in the birth of Estonian Data Protection Association as his seminar here in Tallinn in spring 2018 brought together the founding members of EDPA that was formed in September 2018. This time he returns to share his experiences and observations from a career in compliance and privacy spanning over 15 years in very large global and in much smaller national organisations in the UK.
Ben is the Head of Compliance and the DPO of Motor Insurers Bureau in the UK. He has over 15 years of regulatory, data and corporate compliance experience across different industries and regulatory regimes.
At MIB, Ben oversees the company’s corporate and data protection compliance frameworks, focusing on governance, management of policies, processes, education, and culture. Prior to MIB, Ben spent 5 years working for S&P Global, as the Global Head of Compliance, he held divisional responsibility for their global corporate and regulatory compliance frameworks.
Before S&P Global, Ben worked as a Data Protection Officer with roles in tech and financial services including eBay in the UK. Ben is the 2022 ICA Compliance Officer of the Year, the 2023 ICA Business Partner of the Year, an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), an (ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a holder of the ICA Advanced Certificate in Managing Sanctions Risk and recently completed a Diploma in ESG.