🔹Data Privacy Consultant | Fractional Chief Privacy Officer | General Counsel 🔹Executive Coach 🔸Founder of Live on Purpose (non-profit)

MNC Experience | Data Privacy Leadership | Executive Coaching | Entrepreneurial Mindset

As the Founder and Principal Consultant at NorthStar Data Privacy, my focus is on steering organizations through the complex landscape of data privacy. 

During my tenure as Chief Privacy Officer at International SOS, I built the Global Privacy Team and helmed the implementation of robust privacy frameworks globally in 90 countries, including the EU, the US, Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and China. 

I am passionate about helping my clients with practical, innovative solutions in data privacy matters.  

My background and strengths:

•	Dual Singapore and UK-qualified lawyer with 20+ years experience in MNCs  

•	Extensive Singapore top law firm and in-house experience: Wong Partnership, Rajah & Tann, Keppel Corporation, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and International SOS

•	Bilingual (English and Mandarin)

•	Founding member of Asia DPO, a group of data privacy officers - created by DPOs, for DPOs.

I love a good problem-solving challenge and am tenacious about delivering clear, practical solutions. Technology in the legal field is a big passion of mine, and I’m learning as much as I can about AI and the latest innovations.

"What if I get retrenched because my manager thinks I have too much free time (to post on LinkedIn)?"

Well, I know people who were retrenched - they were working weekends and up to 3 AM the night before. 

Yup, that's right. 
The Grim Reaper does not know (or care) about that. 

When your time is up, you don't get "time off in lieu".

On the other hand... 

What if you do get retrenched, and you haven't built a personal brand for yourself? 

💡 

You're right to be cautious. 

As an employee, posting on LinkedIn is not as "free" as an entrepreneur. 

I know because I've navigated MNCs for decades before stepping off to run my own ship.

There’s an artful way to do it. Would you like to find out?

✨ GOOD NEWS! I am partnering with the SCCA - Singapore Corporate Counsel Association to bring you a 3-part series:

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰:
📅 [Webinar] Personal Branding: Why Your Voice Matters - 23 January 2026

📅 [Webinar] Making LinkedIn Work for In-House Counsel - 30 January 2026

📅 [In-Person Workshop] Personal Branding & Networking in Action - 6 March 2026

JOIN ME: 
- I will share my own mistakes (so you don't make them too)
- I will share how to navigate your organisation 
- You don't have to post every day, I promise! 

Starting 23 January! Only a few seats left! 

Guess who’s the guest speaker for the Fireside Chat on 6 March?

(Click the link in comments to find out)

Lorraine Lee, CIPP/E

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📢 FREE IAPP CONFERENCE PASS - CALLING ALL STUDENTS!

Are you interested in AI governance, privacy, cybersecurity law or digital responsibility?  

If you're looking to kickstart your future career in 2026, the IAPP wants you to attend one of their conferences and meet current professionals in these fields - for FREE.   

IAPP events offer the opportunity to hear from leaders in the field as you map out your future careers in digital responsibility. Apply for a complimentary pass to the first two IAPP conferences of the year below: 

🟩 IAPP UK Intensive in London (February 25-26):  https://bit.ly/3YC20Cd 

🟩 IAPP Global Summit in Washington, D.C. (March 30 31): https://bit.ly/45ciViv 

🟩 IAPP Canada Symposium in Toronto (May 4-6):  https://bit.ly/4qoi3jp   

The IAPP has also partnered with Airbnb, in memory of late Airbnb Chief Privacy Officer Brendon Lynch,  to offer a limited number of scholarships and travel stipends to attend the IAPP Global Summit in Washington.  

Apply for the Airbnb scholarship: https://bit.ly/3YIaDuZ  

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning at the end of January – apply today! 

For more information, contact academic@iapp.org.  

#IAPP

What does geopolitics have to do with data privacy? 

When geopolitics escalate overnight, your cross-border data doesn’t get a grace period.

- We witnessed that over the weekend. 

- Imagine the oil in Venezuela is your data. Stuck. Gone.

- Now imagine that it happened in a country you transfer data to? Or from? Or through?

✳️ At NorthStar Data Privacy, this is exactly the lens we work from:

Helping organisations design cross-border data strategies that hold up when the world doesn’t.

👉 Is your data privacy strategy built for volatility?

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In happier news, it was a pleasure to meet with the 2026 IAPP  KnowledgeNet co-chairs at Raffles Place: Mike Leow Sabrina Loi 雷欣棋 洁. Veronica T. Priyanka Sinha (see you next time, Puneet Matai, Dr. Hc). 

I'm looking forward to supporting data privacy conversations as IAPP Country Leader, Singapore 🇸🇬

The news is loud today.
The world feels volatile.

Yet, a super full moon rose last night 🌕

Unchanged by human conflict.

When the outer world feels unstable,
I notice what happens in my inner world.

It’s a good moment to check who’s running your inner boardroom:

	•	the Catastrophic Fantasizer?

	•	the Judge? Or

	•	the Observer who can pause and breathe?

I’m choosing the Observer today.

Wishing you a gentle start to 2026…

#IndigoCoaching #2026

Something magical happens when friendships last long enough for the kids to become friends too. 

I had my Uni besties over on New Year’s Day. 

The best part?

💠 They invited themselves

💠 All the spouses could make it

💠 All 7 kids (17-26) wanted to come AND they enjoyed yapping and hanging out with each other. 

One of the kids took an early morning shift at Starbucks (double pay on public holidays!) so she could come 🥹

Our hearts and stomachs were full.
Life is good. 

Then someone thought it would be funny to put our group photo through ChatGPT 🤦🏻‍♀️

PS. We were organised by height. Can you guess which one is Fabrice Desmarescaux?

Happy Sunday, folks!

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