Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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IG Smart Ltd's Founder/CEO and Principal Consultant, Michael Abtar, is a lawyer by background with over 12 years experience of working in the information law and governance arena. Michael established IG Smart Ltd in 2009, after having cut his teeth in legal practice handling both civil matters in the Royal Courts of Justice and criminal
matters in the Central Criminal Courts. He has led international, national, regional and sub-regional private and public sector programmes and projects and is recognised by his peers as a privacy and data protection thought-leader. He frequently shares the stage as a key-note speaker and moderator with some of the most respected names in the areas of data protection (including Data Protection Commissioners from around the world) and information technology (including C-Suite level representatives from Google, Microsoft and Facebook) and has gained a strong reputation for simplifying some of the most complex challenges that data-driven organisations and digital businesses face. He is a recipient of CEO Today's CEO of the Year Award 2019.
