Security and compliance
10 chief privacy officers
These ten chief privacy officers hold or have held the CPO title at the companies listed with their names. Readers can learn how a chief privacy officer builds a privacy program, works with legal, security and product teams and responds to new data protection and AI rules.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alessandro Tajana
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer · Kenvue
Chief Privacy Officer at Kenvue since 2023 and former Chief Privacy and Digital Officer at Johnson & Johnson (2022–2023). His other Johnson & Johnson roles include Senior Legal Director Digital Law and Customer Development, Consumer Health (2021–2022) and Associate General Counsel (2007–2022). The profile describes Kenvue as a personal care product manufacturing company.
Angela Isom
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Privacy Officer · Gallagher
Global Chief Privacy Officer at Gallagher since 2022 and former Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer UK and EMEA at Gallagher (2020–2022). Her profile headline describes her as Global Chief Privacy and Responsible AI Officer for a multinational insurance broking business. She was also Privacy Director - Operations at Marsh McLennan (2019–2020) and Group Head of Data Protection Risk at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (2016–2020).
Brandon Kerstens
LinkedInExperience: VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer · Match Group
VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at Match Group since 2024; his profile says he leads the company's global privacy program across its portfolio of dating services, including Tinder, Hinge and Plenty of Fish. His other Match Group roles include Senior Director, Senior Counsel & Data Protection Officer (2022–2024) and Director, Privacy & Data Protection Officer (2020–2022).
Chris Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Legal Affairs · Electronic Arts (EA)
Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Legal Affairs at Electronic Arts (EA) since 2019. At General Motors he was Chief Privacy Officer (2015–2017), Lead Counsel, Privacy and Product Cybersecurity & Chief Privacy Officer (2017–2018) and Lead Counsel, Global Cybersecurity and Privacy & Chief Privacy Officer (2018–2019). His profile says he advises boards and senior executives.
Erica Davila
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance · Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2025, and former General Counsel at Transcarent (2021–2025). Her profile describes a legal and compliance executive working at the intersection of healthcare, technology and regulation who builds and leads global teams. She has also been Advisory Board Chair at NJ LEEP since 2020.
Erika Riethmiller
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer · UCHealth
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at UCHealth since 2018; the profile describes UCHealth as a nonprofit healthcare organization that provides medical services and treatments. She was previously Director of Corporate Privacy at Anthem, Inc. (2014–2018) and Privacy Officer at the State of Colorado; Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (2009–2014).
Karen McGee
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer · Choice Hotels International
Chief Privacy Officer at Choice Hotels International since 2026, and former Chief Privacy Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. (2019–2026) and at NortonLifeLock (2015). Her profile describes a passion for building compliance and privacy programs and AI governance. She was also Managing Counsel, Privacy & Security Legal at Intel (2016–2019).
Karen Zacharia
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer · Verizon
Former Chief Privacy Officer at Verizon (2011–2021); her profile says she held the role from 2011 through October 2021 and before that was Vice President and associate general counsel in Federal Regulatory. The listing also shows Law Clerk to Judge William A. Norris at the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit (1994–1995) and Associate at Williams & Connolly LLP (1985–1994).
Krystal Denley Bowen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Privacy & Cybersecurity · Uber
Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Privacy & Cybersecurity at Uber since 2025. She was previously Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Data Privacy & Security at Netflix (2024–2025), Chief Privacy Officer at Block (2022–2024) and Deputy General Counsel, Head of Privacy, Product & IP at Zynga (2020–2022).
Kumar Vijayaraghavan
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Chief Privacy Officer · State Street
Managing Director, Chief Privacy Officer at State Street since 2024, where his profile says he leads data protection and executes the privacy compliance risk management program with business units, operations and engineering teams. He was previously Director Consumer Trust Compliance Team Lead for Google Assistant, Bard, & Search at Google (2022–2024) and Director Compliance Programs Office of Legal Compliance (Team Lead) at Microsoft (2014–2022).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you decide where the privacy function should report, and how does it work with legal, security and product teams?
- 02What does a practical privacy review process look like for a company that ships new product features every week?
- 03How are you adapting your privacy program to cover AI systems that are trained on or use personal data?
About this directory
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