About the IAPP

Osama El-Masry is an Associate Director at Cognizant, leading the Data Protection and Privacy Practice Delivery for the Middle East region. El-Masry is an experienced privacy and information security professional; AI governance thought leader, and public speaker. El-Masry is a PECB-certified trainer with demonstrated knowledge and experience in public policy and designing and implementing privacy and data protection compliance programs according to Egyptian PDPL, KSA PDPL, UAE PDPL, and EU GDPR. In addition, Osama has actively participated in the public consultation of the Personal Data Protection Laws and Regulations in both Egypt and KSA and has received Certificates of Appreciation from the World Bank Group for his contribution to the Digital Business Indicators & World Development Report 2021 and from Faculty of Law, British University in Egypt for his contribution in Egyptian PDPL Critical Review.