Richard Merrygold

Director of Group Data Protection, Homeserve

An experienced Data Protection practitioner, Richard has spent the last 9 years working across healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology and financial service sectors. A firm believer in engaging on an operational level in addition to key stakeholders in Compliance and Legal he takes pride in building sustainable privacy frameworks, providing real-world, workable solutions to a wide range of privacy related challenges.

Richard is currently Group Director of Data Protection and DPO for HomeServe plc and is responsible for privacy compliance across the UK and European businesses, he is also a regular speaker and commentator on data protection and privacy matters.