John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialization of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting, working on privacy change programmes and issues of risk, policy and compliance. He also served as Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy at the UK Ministry of Justice, where he was the UK government’s lead negotiator on the GDPR.