About the IAPP

Kim Leger is the Managing Principal, Privacy and Information Management with Mara Consulting, a leading national privacy consulting firm. Kim is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C). She has 30 years’ experience in privacy and access, enterprise risk management, privacy program and policy development, and corporate planning – and tackling tough challenges head on.

Before joining Mara Consulting in 2015 as a Principal, Kim founded and led a successful privacy consulting business. Prior to beginning her consulting career, she was the Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Enterprise Risk & Information Management for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation and she held leadership roles within Nova Scotia Power and Deloitte.

Kim is a member of the Canadian Advisory Board of the IAPP and a member of the CIPP/C Exam Development Board and a former KnowledgeNet Co-Chair. 

Known for her strong work ethic and the dedication and energy she brings to her profession, her team, and her clients, Kim is respected for the structured and risk-based approach she applies to complex information privacy challenges faced by customers navigating change, working with them to build customized solutions. To this end, she has led organization and government-wide privacy impact assessments and developed privacy management programs within digital health; enterprise resource planning; identity and access management; education; regulated gaming; cannabis and beverage alcohol; municipal, provincial, and federal governments and the private sector.