Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim

Mr Pilgrim was appointed as Australian Privacy Commissioner on 19 July 2010 and prior to that was Deputy Privacy Commissioner. Timothy has previously held senior management positions in a range of Australian Government agencies, including the Small Business Program within the Australian Taxation Office and the Child Support Agency. Timothy has participated in the ALRC inquiry into Australian privacy laws and practice, and continues to work on privacy law reform. He has played an important role in the implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework. www.oaic.gov.au

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff

Mrs Shroff is New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner, a role she’s had since 2003. Independent from government, Marie provides comment on a range of privacy issues and polices, taking into account important human rights, social interests and international requirements. Marie oversees the Office’s investigations and complaints area. She is also responsible for monitoring government information matching programmes. Marie has a strong background in government administration and this includes her position as the Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council from 1987-2003. She worked with four Governors-General, six Prime Ministers, and different governments. During that time she strongly enhanced policy and procedures in her areas of responsibility, and had a major role in guiding the Cabinet Office and Government House through the transition of New Zealand’s electoral system to MMP. www.privacy.org.nz

NSW Privacy Commissioner Dr Elizabeth Coombs

Dr Elizabeth Coombs was appointed NSW Privacy Commissioner in 2011. Over her career, Elizabeth has held chief executive and senior executive positions in the NSW public service.  Her professional experience includes State Owned Corporations, social welfare, health and juvenile justice agencies.  Prior to leaving the public service in 2007, Elizabeth was Assistant Director General, Premier's Department responsible for performance improvement and reform initiatives across the NSW public sector.  Since then Elizabeth has continued to work within the corporate governance sphere and has also been a Commissioner, NSW Local Government Grants Commission.  Her professional background in corporate governance and performance improvement underlies the approach she brings to privacy protection.  Elizabeth's tertiary qualifications are in psychology, political science and industrial relations. www.privacy.nsw.gov.au

Ralph Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Accident Compensation Corporation (New Zealand)

Mr Stewart commenced his role as Chief Executive of ACC in September 2011. He has 27 years experience in insurance asset management. Ralph has held roles across the financial services industry in New Zealand for more than 25 years, including General Manager Strategy & Marketing at Tower and Marketing Director at Jardine Fleming in Sydney. Prior to joining ACC, Ralph held the role of Chief Executive at AXA New Zealand for 7 years. Ralph also served as Deputy Chair of the Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI). He holds a Masters degree in business administration from Manchester University and undergraduate management qualifications from Victoria University in Wellington. www.acc.co.nz

Dr Juanita Fernando, Academic Convenor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

Dr Fernando is the Academic Convenor BMedSc(Hons) with the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. Chair of the Health Sub-Committee with the Australian Privacy Foundation and former Councillor with the Australasian College of Health Informatics, Dr Fernando's research concerns clinical health informatics, data exchange standards and information privacy and security.  Dr Fernando has developed a particular emphasis on e-health and m-health tools and their contribution to workflow methodologies in the health sector. www.monash.edu.au

Dr Emmeline Taylor, Lecturer, School of Sociology, Australian National University

Dr Taylor is a Lecturer in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University. She was previously at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and before that, working as an applied researcher in the UK criminal justice system. She has extensive international research experience within the fields of criminology and social policy having worked in a number of different roles across the public and private sectors, in addition to academia. Emmeline has conducted research in areas as diverse as youth crime, restorative justice, acquisitive crime, substance misuse, crime control technologies and surveillance. A key research interest is the disproportionate level of surveillance experienced by minority or vulnerable groups and this has led her to study the burgeoning use of surveillance technologies in different contexts. Her research has broadly looked at different technologies (CCTV, AFIS, RFID) and their applications, whilst examining the societal impacts on privacy and associational activities, as well as the legal frameworks within which they operate. Her research often adopts a socio-legal angle to challenge out of date or inadequate laws and regulations, and develop evidence-led solutions. www.anu.edu.au

Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director, Information Integrity Solutions P/L

IIS has advised Government agencies, financial services institutions and leading global ICT companies on developing trust and delivering privacy to customers.  Mr Crompton has advised APEC on the APEC privacy framework. Malcolm was Australia’s Privacy Commissioner between 1999 and 2004.  He led the implementation of Australia’s private sector privacy law. He was the Foundation President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia New Zealand in 2008 and the first Director of the IAPP who was based outside North America. He is also a member of the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board.  He has been a member of external Reference Groups for large research projects funded by the European Union.  He has sat on international privacy award judging panels. Earlier in his career, Malcolm was Manager of Government Affairs in Canberra for AMP Ltd and held senior executive positions in the Australian Public Service. He has degrees in Chemistry and Economics, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2012, Malcolm’s global contribution was recognised when he was awarded the 2012 Privacy Leadership Award by IAPP.  Malcolm was awarded the inaugural Chancellor’s Medal in 2004 for distinguished contribution to the Australian National University. www.iispartners.com

Anna Johnston, Director, Salinger Privacy

Ms Johnston is the Director of Salinger Privacy, a specialist privacy consulting firm.  Her work involves advice and training on privacy laws, as well as conducting Privacy Impact Assessments and privacy audits.  She has also written guides and delivered workshops about 'how to conduct PIAs' on behalf of the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner. Prior to establishing Salinger Privacy in 2004, Anna was the Deputy Privacy Commissioner for NSW.  She holds a first class honours degree in Law, and a Masters of Public Policy with honours.  She also holds a Bachelor of Arts, and post-graduate qualifications in management and legal practice. www.salingerprivacy.com.au

John Pane, Regional Lead, Privacy Compliance & Data Protection - Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson

Mr Pane is currently based in Singapore working for Johnson and Johnson Pte Ltd as Regional Lead, Privacy Compliance & Data Protection – Asia Pacific.  As part of the Johnson & Johnson regional executive leadership team, John has oversight of all privacy and data protection issues covering more than 70 operating companies in 36 countries. John was formerly Australia Post's Chief Privacy Officer for 10 years where he built the enterprise privacy compliance framework and had responsibility for all privacy related and data protection functions and activities. Prior to joining Australia Post, John was Head of Asset Quality & Risk Management for a diverse New Zealand corporate involved in manufacturing, health care and finance. John also worked for approximately 15 years at one of Australia's leading banks in various senior roles incorporating operational policy, product, process and strategy development. John has undergraduate degrees in Commerce (Banking & Finance), Laws and Jurisprudence, postgraduate qualifications in Applied Finance & Investment and has completed an MBA. John also holds CIPP and CIPP/IT certifications and is a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Banking and Finance. www.jnj.com

Michelle Dennedy, Chief Privacy Officer, McAfee Inc. (via video presentation)

Ms Dennedy currently serves as McAfee’s vice president and chief privacy officer, where she is responsible for the development and implementation of McAfee’s data privacy policies and practices, working across business groups to drive data privacy excellence across the security continuum. Before joining McAfee, she founded the iDennedy Project, a public service organisation, to address privacy needs in sensitive populations, such as children and the elderly, and emerging technology paradigms. Michelle is also a founder and editor in chief of TheIdentityProject.com, which was started as an advocacy and education site, currently focused on the growing crime of child ID theft. She was the vice president for security and privacy solutions for the Oracle Corporation. Before the Oracle acquisition of Sun, Michelle was chief data governance officer within the cloud computing division at Sun Microsystems, Inc. She worked closely with Sun's business, technical and legal teams to create to data governance policies and processes for cloud computing to build trust for cloud environments through vendor transparency. She also served as Sun’s chief privacy officer. Ms Dennedy sits on the board of IAPP.
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Mei Ramsay, Group General Counsel, Medibank

As Group General Counsel for Medibank Private Ltd, Ms Ramsay is the Group Executive responsible for both the Legal and Company Secretariat divisions. She has held this position since March 2011. Mei and her team are responsible for advising the Managing Director and the Board on legal and governance issues, as well as advising all areas of the business on regulatory, compliance and commercial matters. Mei has over 20 years' experience in the legal profession, working in both private practice and in-house. Prior to joining Medibank, Mei was the General Counsel and Company Secretary for the Asia Pacific Distribution division of Cummins Inc. www.medibank.com.au

David Batch, Portfolio Manager - Customer Privacy & Awareness, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Mr Batch has worked in the privacy space for the last several years across various sectors, including social networking, health and finance.  He is currently the lead privacy advisor for the Enterprise Services division of the Commonwealth Bank and in this role advises the various business units across the bank on privacy compliance and information system design.  He has previously held positions as the Principal Privacy Officer for the National E-Health Transition Authority and as the AU/NZ Director of Safety for the social networking site MySpace.com www.commbank.com.auProgram