Femi Daniel

Femi leads Mastercard’s privacy and data protection team for its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region. His expertise in privacy and data protection was known before joining Mastercard through his demonstrated capacity and innovation in Nigeria where he led the development and implementation of the country’s first data protection framework, the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).

He also made a huge contribution to the efforts aimed at the harmonization of data laws in Africa as the Vice Chair of the African Union Technical Work Group on Data Laws Harmonization, and his previous representation of Nigeria at the African Network of Data Protection Authorities (ANDPA) and the Commonwealth Network of Data Protection Authorities (Common Thread Network).

At Mastercard, Femi supports 81 countries in the region. His scope of work include working with product and other business teams on ensuring the implementation of Privacy by Design – whether this is through product reviews, negotiations on data-related issues, navigating data localization, driving awareness and training efforts. His regulatory engagement with privacy regulators across the region has also helped to ensure that new or changes to privacy and data protection laws enable both protection and innovation, and are developed with reference to international best practices.

Through his work, he has earned himself the good reputation as a trusted business-partner and change-maker in the region. One example of Femi’s leadership in the space was the instrumental part he played earlier this year in the initiation and delivery of a successful in-person data protection impact assessment workshop with the Ugandan Personal Data Protection Office.

Femi is also a sought after speaker on data protection matters in the region with recent speaking engagements such as _Implementing DPIAs in Nigerian Fintech Organisations, PrivSecGlobal, and Dubai Fintech Summit.