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Simon is the Chief Strategist, Privacy & AI at ZoomInfo, a Senior Adviser to Bristows LLP, and on the Board of Directors of the IAPP. He was previously Deputy Commissioner for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent authority for upholding information rights. During that time, he established new technology policy and innovation functions, directed work in areas such as artificial intelligence, adtech, and competition, and led its response to data usage in the UK to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Simon also built privacy consulting practices at Promontory, an IBM company, and Deloitte, working with clients in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, and served on the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He holds a B.A. with honours in English Literature from Somerville College at the University of Oxford, and is a Chartered Accountant.