10 chief privacy officers
Uber, Match Group, Bristol Myers Squibb, State Street, Electronic Arts, Gallagher, UCHealth, Kenvue, Choice Hotels and Verizon are where these chief privacy officers hold or held the title, so the data problems range from dating services to health care. Four have held the CPO title at two or more companies, and several pair it with AI, cybersecurity or legal duties, useful when hiring a first privacy lead or setting up AI review.
Professionals to explore
Alessandro Tajana
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer · Kenvue
Alessandro Tajana is Chief Privacy Officer at Kenvue (since 2023) and was Chief Privacy and Digital Officer at Johnson & Johnson (2022-2023). Johnson & Johnson legal titles include Associate General Counsel (2007-2022) and Senior Legal Director Digital Law and Customer Development, Consumer Health (2021-2022), making Alessandro a fit for questions on privacy and digital law in consumer health.
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Angela Isom
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Privacy Officer · Gallagher
Insurance broking is Angela Isom's sector: Global Chief Privacy Officer at Gallagher since 2022, and Angela adds Responsible AI Officer to that title. Angela was Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer UK and EMEA at Gallagher (2020-2022), Privacy Director - Operations at Marsh McLennan (2019-2020) and Group Head of Data Protection Risk at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (2016-2020), a fit for UK and EMEA data protection and responsible AI questions in insurance.
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Brandon Kerstens
LinkedInExperience: VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer · Match Group
Every listed role for Brandon Kerstens is at Match Group, where Brandon leads the global privacy program as VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer (since 2024). The path runs from Senior Counsel, Privacy (2019-2020) through Director, Privacy & Data Protection Officer (2020-2022), Senior Director, Senior Counsel & Data Protection Officer (2022-2024) and VP, Senior Counsel - Privacy & Data Protection Officer (2024), a fit for privacy questions on dating services.
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Chris Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Legal Affairs · Electronic Arts (EA)
Chris Murphy has been Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Legal Affairs at Electronic Arts (EA) since 2019 and at General Motors was Chief Privacy Officer (2015-2017), then held two Lead Counsel titles that kept the CPO role (2017-2018 and 2018-2019). Chris describes more than 25 years in legal roles and advising boards and product teams on data practices and AI governance, and is an adjunct clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School (since 2026).
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Erica Davila
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance · Bristol Myers Squibb
AI and privacy law sit together in Erica Davila's current title, Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance at Bristol Myers Squibb (since 2025). Erica was General Counsel at Transcarent (2021-2025) and describes over 20 years in legal and compliance roles at the intersection of healthcare, technology and regulation, a fit for health data and AI governance questions.
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Erika Riethmiller
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer · UCHealth
Health care privacy runs through Erika Riethmiller's record: Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at UCHealth (since 2018), Director of Corporate Privacy at Anthem (2014-2018) and Privacy Officer at the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (2009-2014). Erika also held a provider compliance and privacy role at SERIO Physician Management (2003-2009), a fit for health care privacy questions.
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Karen McGee
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer · Choice Hotels International
Choice Hotels International named Karen McGee Chief Privacy Officer in 2026, after Karen held the same title at Levi Strauss & Co. (2019-2026) and at NortonLifeLock (2015). Managing Counsel, Privacy & Security Legal at Intel (2016-2019) and Associate General Counsel at NortonLifeLock (2012-2013) are also listed, and Karen describes building compliance and privacy programs and AI governance.
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Karen Zacharia
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Privacy Officer · Verizon
Karen Zacharia was Chief Privacy Officer at Verizon from 2011 through October 2021 and held various Verizon roles from 1994 to 2011, including Vice President and associate general counsel in Federal Regulatory. Karen also clerked for Judge William A. Norris on the Ninth Circuit (1994-1995) and was an Associate at Williams & Connolly (1985-1994), a fit for privacy and federal regulatory questions.
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Krystal Denley Bowen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Privacy & Cybersecurity · Uber
Krystal Denley Bowen has been Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Privacy & Cybersecurity at Uber since 2025, after Chief Privacy Officer and VP, Data Privacy & Security at Netflix (2024-2025) and Chief Privacy Officer at Block (2022-2024). Zynga titles were Deputy General Counsel, Head of Privacy, Product & IP (2020-2022) and Associate General Counsel (2019-2020), so Krystal can compare the CPO job at Uber, Netflix and Block.
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Kumar Vijayaraghavan
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Chief Privacy Officer · State Street
Kumar Vijayaraghavan is Managing Director, Chief Privacy Officer at State Street (since 2024), leading data protection and the privacy compliance risk management program with business units, operations and engineering teams. Compliance roles at Google (Director Consumer Trust Compliance Team Lead for Google Assistant, Bard, & Search, 2022-2024) and Microsoft titles including Director Compliance Programs Office of Legal Compliance (2014-2022) and Senior Audit Manager Internal Audit (2002-2010) make Kumar a fit for compliance program and audit questions.
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Choose the right perspective
Match the sector first: Erika Riethmiller and Erica Davila for health data, Kumar Vijayaraghavan and Angela Isom for financial services and insurance, and Krystal Denley Bowen, Brandon Kerstens and Chris Murphy for Uber, Match Group and Electronic Arts. For a first-time CPO comparing employers, Krystal Denley Bowen, Chris Murphy and Karen McGee have each held the title at several companies, and Karen Zacharia, Verizon's CPO for a decade until 2021, can speak to a decade of privacy leadership at Verizon.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Should a chief privacy officer report to the general counsel, the security chief or the CEO, and what changes with each?
- 02How should a privacy team review a new AI feature that is trained on customer data before it launches?
- 03What does a privacy program for a company with millions of consumer accounts need that a business-to-business company can skip?
About this directory
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