About the IAPP

Fred is the Canon EMEA Data Privacy Director and Group Data Protection Officer (“GDPO”). Canon EMEA has a direct presence in more than 40 countries and employs more than 14,000 people in the region.  Based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom, Fred oversees a network of DPO’s and Privacy Champions across 63 companies who are tasked with ensuring that Canon remains compliant with all data protection and privacy legislation across all business units and functions throughout the EMEA region. This helps ensure that Canon continues to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects in line with the Canon Kyosei corporate philosophy, which translates to “Working for the Common Good”.

Before joining Canon Fred held various senior roles in privacy, audit and risk management in multi-national professional services and consulting organisations. He has held leadership roles at KPMG in Bermuda and Deloitte UK and has served as the Global Head of Privacy Consulting at Wipro.