Gareth Davies CIPP-E

Experience

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  Anglo Irish Bank

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2004

  Trust and Company Administrator

  I spent a number of years working in Anglo's head office in Dublin, Ireland. I was later afforded the opportunity to gain some offshore experience - I lived and worked in the Isle of Man from 2001 - 2004 working for Anglo Irish Trust (IOM) Limited.

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  Man Corporate Services (Ireland) Limited

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Compliance Officer

  AML.Compliance monitoring.MLRO.Compliance programme.

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  Meteor Mobile Communications

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2014

  Commercial Compliance Manager and Data Protection Officer

  • As the subject matter expert, I am responsible for providing advice and guidance to all areas of the business together with the creation / updating of existing policies and procedures as appropriate• I am also responsible for dealing with external parties including Regulators, Legislators, competitors and Industry Bodies• Continued and improved companywide compliance is also a major objective achieved through regular reviews of policy and procedure and the training of staff. Such compliance includes, inter alia, Data Protection, Advertising compliance, Complaints resolution and Small Claims Court matters. Regular reporting to Senior Management ensures that the company is continually improving• In Q4 2006, under my stewardship, Meteor became the first company ever to volunteer for a full audit from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner – an audit which we passed with flying colours.• I have managed Data Breach incidents and am responsible for our responses to all investigations set up by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner into the eircom Group• I review, and respond as appropriate, to all Data Access Requests Show less

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  Eir

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2016

  Head of Data Protection

  I am responsible for the Data Protection function across the eir, eir Mobile and Meteor brands.

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  Kerry Group

  Apr 2016 - now

  Group Data Protection Officer
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  GDPR Awareness Coalition

  Apr 2017 - May 2018

  GDPR Awareness Ambassador