Background – Wills is a Director at Myna Partners. He is an experienced senior strategic consultant with over 16 years in Privacy and Data Protection. At Myna Partners, Wills leads teams of experienced professionals focused on Privacy Strategy and AI Governance, including developing holistic privacy programs, and implementing processes to bring them to life! Before Myna Partners, Wills was a Director at Promontory Financial Group, a part of IBM Consulting, specializing in addressing regulatory and operational privacy and data protection challenges for global organizations. Wills also spent 7 1/2 years working at the world’s largest professional organization for privacy professionals (The IAPP).
Experience, Skills, and Expertise – Wills has been responsible for leading projects and developing solutions to comply with data privacy laws and industry best practices, including, but not limited to, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and Barbados Data Protection Act (BDPA). Wills has a proven record of supporting complex multi-national organizations, engaging stakeholders from IT, Finance, HR, Legal, Sales, and Marketing in successfully implementing pragmatic and risk-based global privacy compliance programs. In this role, Wills has worked with clients across various industries, including pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotech, financial services, technology, and digital currencies.
Certifications and Education – Wills is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, holding his CIPP/E, CIPP/US. CIPT and CIPM from the IAPP. Wills also holds a spectrum of OneTrust certifications, including OneTrust Privacy Professional and OneTrust Expert: Data Discovery, Data Mapping, PIA & DPIA Automation, and Privacy Rights Automation. Wills has also served on the Board of Advisors for the International Privacy & Security Forum.