Paula Cipierre

Paula Cipierre is the Global Head of Privacy at HCLTech, where she is responsible for data protection across 60 countries and for more than 230.000 employees worldwide. Paula has spent over a decade researching and working at the intersection of privacy, data ethics, and the digital world. Prior to HCLTech, she served as the Head of Privacy & Public Policy at Palantir Technologies and as the Director of Data Ethics & Innovation at ada Learning GmbH. Paula holds a BA summa cum laude in French Literature, European Cultural Studies, and Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, an MA in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University, and an LLM with distinction in Information Technology Law from the University of Edinburgh. She is a certified expert in German, EU and Asian privacy laws, information security management lead auditor, and AI governance professional.