Russell has designed, implemented, and led privacy and information security programmes for extremely large and prestigious organisations in the USA for over 10 years, serving as their Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer, and served on the Boards of 3 non-profits. He is the only person in South Africa with this wealth of practical, operational experience in privacy and data protection. For three years, he led PwC's and EY's Africa Privacy consulting practices as an Associate Director, before running his own, independent consulting practice for five years. He has advised South Africa’s largest organisations in various industries on real-world risk assessments for POPIA, GDPR and practical privacy implementation techniques, based on over a decade's experience with US regulators. His unique hand's-on privacy experience, and countless "war stories" offer invaluable insights for tackling the data privacy challenge. He currently serves as the Data Protection Officer for a leading law firm--despite not being an attorney!