Rob Masson - CEO, The DPO Centre Ltd's Linkedin Analytics

Energetic, focused CEO driving innovation, transformation and thought leadership in data protection and privacy. Founder and head of The DPO Centre, the UK and EU’s outsourced data protection officer resource centre. As an innovative and pioneering organisation, The DPO Centre, and its ever-expanding team of experienced data protection officers, advisors and influencers have been responsible for shaping and structuring data protection compliance for over 800 organisations globally. Strategic advisor and NED of regional enterprise agency, Menta. Consisting of an experienced group of industry professionals, the board provides oversight of, and strategic guidance to the CEO and his team in their efforts to boost economic development, encourage enterprise and employability and improve the growth potential of organisations across the region. I have been fortunate to be able to found, scale and successfully exit from 3 technology organisations over the course of the last 30 years. As a keen athlete, I have competed in some of the world’s toughest ultra-running challenges, including the Marathon des Sables, Cappadocia Ultra Trail, Grand to Grand, For Rangers and Arctic Ice Ultra. Specialities: - Building a trusting, inspired and engaged #oneteam - Delivering practical, commercial, strategic advice relating to compliance with data protection law - Data protection and privacy speaker and thought leader (particularly in life sciences) - Strategic business management