Nerushka Bowan is a technology and privacy lawyer based in Johannesburg. Over and above being the head of technology and innovation, she leads the technology and privacy law practice for SA. She is an #InspiringFifty2020 winner, and has extensive experience in complex and strategic technology and privacy law matters, including outsourcing transactions and regulatory and compliance issues across various industry sectors. Bowan is recognised as an international thought leader in emerging technology law and in analysing the future legal and regulatory issues of emerging tech such as AI and blockchain. She is an advocate for legal innovation and is involved in the upskilling of lawyers for the future of law, and mentors future legal innovators through the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation. Last year, she was selected as one of six judges globally for the IAPP Annual Innovation Awards, and was also a co-chair of the Johannesburg IAPP KnowledgeNet chapter between 2016 and 2019. She is a Consensus Forum Member of the South African National Blockchain Alliance, and created a course with the Blockchain Academy on the legal & regulatory implications of blockchain and cryptocurrency.