Fractional Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
Senior privacy leadership for organisations that require credible oversight
We provide fractional Chief Privacy Officer support for organisations requiring senior-level privacy leadership.
This is a founder-led role, drawing on experience:
- leading privacy, data governance, and cyber-related areas at board level within a FTSE100 organisation
- holding senior roles within US tech and global workforce organisations, including responsibility for AI, data privacy and data governance
- advising across regulated and high-growth technology environments
This breadth enables credible engagement at board level, with regulators, and across fast-moving organisations where data is central to the business model.
A different type of support
This is a governance and oversight role, not an administrative service.
We provide:
- strategic direction
- an independent point of challenge
- credible engagement with boards and regulators
When this is most effective
This model works best where:
- senior ownership of privacy is required but not yet established
- privacy responsibilities are distributed without clear accountability
- leadership requires a more credible external position
- there is a need to engage confidently with regulators or auditors
It is less suited to organisations seeking purely administrative or volume-based support.
What we do
- definition of enterprise privacy strategy
- alignment with business, data, and regulatory priorities
- advising leadership on risk and positioning
- establishment of governance frameworks
- definition of roles and responsibilities
- alignment with broader risk and control environments
- engagement with boards and senior leadership
- translation of regulatory issues into decision-ready insights
- supporting strategic decision-making
- engagement with regulators and supervisory authorities
- support during audits, investigations, and enquiries
- preparation for regulatory scrutiny
- oversight of privacy programme implementation
- coordination across legal, compliance, technology, and business teams
- tracking progress, risks, and remediation
- identification and prioritisation of risks
- review of control effectiveness
- oversight of incident and breach response
- alignment with data governance, security, and AI governance
- integration with digital, marketing, and product teams
- ensuring consistent application of controls
- embedding privacy into organisational practice
- supporting leadership accountability
- advising on capability development
What good looks like
Organisations with effective privacy leadership tend to have:
- clear accountability at senior level
- consistent governance across teams
- confidence in regulatory engagement
- a programme that operates in practice
The result is privacy governance that is controlled, credible, and capable of supporting organisational growth.
We are typically engaged on a focused number of mandates at any given time, allowing for close involvement on matters requiring senior attention and judgment.