Speaker Bios - International Association of Privacy Professionals

Ellis ParryGlobal Lead – Data PrivacyBP International Ltd.Ellis Parry started his career as a solicitor in private practice, before joiningAstraZeneca pharmaceuticals in 2001 as a specialist IT lawyer. Ellis becameAstraZeneca's Global Privacy Officer in 2005. He left AZ to join BP as itsGlobal Lead for Data Privacy in December 2010. At BP, Ellis is responsible fordevising and implementing BP's global approach to personal informationhandling, including the maintenance of BP's Binding Corporate Rules. Ellis hasan MBA, is a frequent public speaker, has a number of published articles tohis name and was the founding Chair of DataGuidance's Pharma Expert Paneland continues to sit on their UK Expert Panel.Florence RaynalHead of International and European AffairsCNILFlorence has a master degree in private law from Paris Assas PantheonSorbonne University and post graduate diploma in IT law. She assisted thePresident Alex Türk in his Presidency of the WP29 until 2010, dealing with theEU Commission and the management of the WP29’s plenary and externalrepresentation. She has also been assisting the CNIL’s Commissioner incharge of international affairs in participating in all the work developed at theWP29.Making BCR (Binding Corporate Rules) successful was one of the challengesgiven to her. She then has developed European referential adopted by theWP29, promoted them to the business (e.g. “BCR Club”), instructed BCRcases and coordinated the work of the European Data Protection Authoritiesat the WP29 level on that subject.Cecilia Álvarez RigaudiasCounselUría MenéndezCecilia Álvarez is a lawyer in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez. She wasadmitted to the Madrid Bar and joined the firm in 1997 and became a counselin January 2009.She focuses her practice on advising national andmultinational companies on matters relating to IT, data protection, e-commerce, contract law and corporate law. Regarding her personal dataprotection practice, she has a large experience in the data protection designof commercial and M&A transactions, in the preparation of notices, clauses,contracts, protocols and training programmes, in authorisation proceedingsfor international transfers and administrative and judicial proceedings.