Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) - Region: ASEAN

Kevin Shepherdson
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPT, Exin (GDPR, Infosec), GRCP

He is the author of “99 Privacy Breaches to Beware of” and a well-qualified consultant and trainer, achieving the Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), awarded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In addition, he is a governance, risk management and compliance professional (GRCP) under the Open Compliance Ethics Group (OCEG) and an official OCEG trainer. With his background in privacy and GRC, Kevin is a leading speaker in this field and consults regularly with and for government regulators and policymakers.

Celine Chew
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPT, EXIN (GDPR, Infosec), GRCP

As a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Head of Learning and Development, Celine provides insights into the behavioural change and learning required for teams to embrace change initiatives. The PDPA is one such initiative which requires businesses to learn new practices to meet compliance. Celine has extensive training experience internationally and specialises in the social, emotional and cognitive aspects of learning. She is also an executive coach to senior executives in multinational as well as regional companies.

William Hioe
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPT, GRCP

William Hioe, who is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), brings with him more than three decades of ICT experience in the government and public sector, first as an assistant director in Systems & Computer Organisation, MINDEF, and then as a senior director of strategic planning at the National Computer Board (NCB) / Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Currently, he is the managing director of Cynergie Consulting Pte Ltd, a company founded by him to offer consultancy and training services in strategic ICT planning, strategy development, policy formulation and enterprise architecting.

Lyn Boxall
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, GRCP, GRCA

She is one of the co-authors of "99 Privacy Breaches to Beware of" and specializes in data protection and information security, and practices general commercial law for a wide range of local and international clients as well. She holds international certifications in privacy/data protection awarded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), namely, Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified information Privacy Professional, Asia (CIPP/A), Certified Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E) and Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP). She is also certified by Exin (the global independent certification institute for ICT Professionals) as a Privacy and Data Protection Practitioner.

Edwin Concepcion
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPT
Certified Lead Implementer in ISO/IEC 27001 , ISO/IEC 27701, ISO 37301
PECB Certified Trainer for ISO/IEC 27001 , ISO/IEC 27701, ISO 37301

Edwin is the Head of the Data Protection-as-a-Service unit. As an international trainer and consultant, he provides privacy and data protection training, consulting and advisories to various organizations which include retail and hospitality, publishing, education, telcommunications and others. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry in various management roles from enterprise solutions, marketing and product management.

Chen Hwee Ling
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPP/A, CIPM, CIPT, EXIN(GDPR), M(IS), M(Ed), Adv Cert (DPOE), Adv Cert (GRDC)
Trainer, Straits Interactive

Hwee Ling is a Certified Information Privacy Manager, Certified Information Privacy Technologist and Certified Information Privacy Principles (Asia). As an educator and engineer of information systems for more than thirty years, Hwee Ling has extensive experience working in areas such as Information Technology Service Management, Software Development, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation. With upward trend of automation and digitalization of business operations, Hwee Ling brings insights to help organisation understand and mitigate data protection as well as information security risks.

Nicholas Cheong
Fellow of Information Privacy,
CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, GRCP
Trainer, Straits Interactive

Nick is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) for Europe and Asia, certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He has also been certified by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (“OCEG”) as a Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (GRCP) and GRC Auditor (GRCA).

Nick has benefited from 25 years of legal practice, managing risks as a diving instructor and as a drug supervision officer. He is from the first batch of PDPC approved trainers when PDPC first launched its data protection course. He has provided data protection training and consultancy since 2014.

 Benjamin Shepherdson 
CIPM, GRCP

Benjamin is a Certified Information Privacy Manager awarded by the International Association of Privacy Professional and a certified GRC Professional awarded by OCEG. He is Straits Interactive Malaysia’s Country Manager. Since its formation in 2014, he has led the consulting and training team in successfully assisting companies set up their Governance/Risk Management/Compliance framework and ensuring the sustainability of their compliance efforts. His background and experience in banking and finance, retail, aviation and travel, makes him well-suited to assist both local SME start-ups as well as global MNCs.