Jamal Ahmed
Director, Kazient Privacy Experts
Jamal Ahmed is an industry-leading privacy professional with an extensive record of solving enterprise-wide privacy and data challenges. Jamal works with businesses of all sizes - from small and medium companies through to complex global organizations.
Jamal’s formidable scope of qualifications began with a Bachelor of Arts in Business with Law. He has gone on to hold several more certifications, including: Certified EU GDPR Practitioner; Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM); Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E); a Master NLP Practitioner; and a PRINCE II Practitioner.
With extensive industry experience, Jamal advises on all aspects of privacy - from strategic issues and developments in artificial intelligence to implementation of global privacy compliance programs. His high performance standards and supportive coaching methods enable others to actualize technological potential and implement best-practice policies on data privacy and cybersecurity.
Central to his success is his ability to lead teams, creating conditions that allow them to develop and flourish. His career has allowed him to leverage personal credibility to establish genuine and productive relationships with an array of stakeholders, including regulatory authorities, third party suppliers, and Board colleagues.
Jamal is regularly quoted in publications, and has been cited as a privacy expert in news articles and on television across Europe and the US, including Euronews and The Independent. The BBC recently dubbed him the 'King of Data Protection’.