Susan Bennett GAICD

Susan Bennett is Founder and Executive Director of think-tank Information Governance ANZ and Principal of Sibenco Legal & Advisory. Susan’s focus is driving best practice holistic governance solutions aligning data, information, privacy and records with technology and regulatory compliance to achieve organisational goals.

Recognised for her global thought leadership in information governance, Susan has deep commercial expertise and global networks on which she draws to work with cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver outcomes and add value to client projects. Susan advises organisations on the design and implementations of fit-for-purpose information and data governance frameworks and policies, including cross-border data privacy and regulatory compliance, as well as acting in internal investigations and regulatory inquiries.

Susan holds a Master of Laws and a Master of Business Administration and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E). In addition to having undertaken the AICD Company’s Directors Couse (GAICD), she is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA) and Chair of the APAC Committee of US legal think-tank, The Sedona Conference® APAC Working Group 6 – International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure. Susan is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Sydney, Law School and teaches Corporations Law.