Dr Susan Bennett is the Founder and Executive Director of InfoGovANZ and an independent lawyer and governance expert.
Susan’s focus on driving best practice holistic governance solutions - aligning data, information, privacy and records with technology and regulatory compliance to achieve organisational goals, led her to found InfoGovANZ in 2016. The mission of InfoGovANZ is to break down the information silos among professionals to enable more connected thinking and innovation for information governance best practice and help drive more holistic solutions, particularly for data privacy and cybersecurity.
Recognised for her global thought leadership in information governance, Susan brings thirty years of deep commercial, litigation and corporate governance expertise. This stems from her background as a senior litigation partner utilising technology in document and data production and the evolution of information governance in response to the growing legal and regulatory compliance challenges, particularly in privacy, cybersecurity and AML laws. Susan works with Boards, senior executives and cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams on governance and data-driven technology transformation projects to minimise risks, comply with regulatory requirements and deliver on organisational objectives.
Susan's PhD thesis was on Privacy and Data Protection: the interaction of meta-regulation and information governance. Susan's research and findings are intended as a practical governance solution to assist organisations in achieving data and privacy regulatory requirements, while pursuing strategic organisational objectives in complex and data-driven operating environments.
Susan also holds a Master of Business Administration (AGSM) and a Master of Laws (Syd). She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E), a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Susan is the Principal of Sibenco Legal & Advisory, a member of the EDRM Global Advisory Council and Project Trustee for the eDiscovery Primer in the APAC region. She is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA).
Susan’s Speaking Engagements:
- Panelist, AI, STEM and the Future of Work, Old Ignatians' Dialogue, Sydney, June 2024
- Co-presentation, Are you 'Asleep at the Wheel' for Information Governance?, Legal Innovation and Tech Fest, Sydney, May 2024
- Panelist, Best Practices for Building and Enforcing Global Retention Schedules, (virtual), IAPP (U.S.), March 2024
- Presentation, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, In-House Conference: Managing Risk, Sydney, Legalwise, March 2024
- Co-presentation, AI Risks, Failures and Consequences: Corporate Governance for the AI Era, Society of Corporate Law Academic Conference, February 2024
- Presentation, Cybersecurity: Lessons from high-profile data breaches, InfoGovANZ, December 2023
- Presentation, Information Governance Keys to Success, InfoGovANZ, November 2023
- Presentation, AI Regulations, Frameworks and Standards: The Governance Challenge for Organisations, London (virtual presentation), Information Law and Policy Centre, University of London, Human in the Machine: Digital Rights and AI, November 2023
- Presentation, Information Security: improving cybersecurity defences through governance, Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Sydney, September 2023
- Co-presentation, AI Risks in the Financial Sector: Consequences for Companies and Directors, The University of Sydney, Law School, Sydney, August 2023
- Moderator, Is Information Governance Still Stressing Your Organisation in 2023? American Bar Association Cross Border Institute, Paris, July 2023
- Presentation, AI and Privacy Risks in the Financial Sector: Consequences for Companies and Directors, Privacy, Law and Business Conference, St John’s College, Cambridge, July 2023
- Presentation, AI and Data: Key Issues for Directors, Women on Boards, June 2023
- Information Awareness Month Launch, Presentation on IG Industry Report and Trends, May 2023
- Moderator, Australian Privacy Commissioners’ Forum, Privacy Awareness Week, OVIC, May 2023
- Moderator, What are the risks for organisations using Chat GPT and similar technology?, InfoGovANZ, March 2023
- Moderator, Reducing discovery costs in litigation & the new EDRM Dupe ID Specification, InfoGovANZ, March 2023
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Susan’s Articles & Publications:
- Five Lessons from Robodebt for AI and Technology Projects
- Legalweek NY 2024 Report from down under
- Dark Data – the risks, costs and ESG
- The use of WhatsApp and messaging record-keeping failures: the massive fines keep coming
- Information Lifecycle Management: what is it and how it reduces risk?
- Legalweek 2023 – the perspective from down under
- Optus Data Breach – the risks of data over-retention
- The Information Governance Primer – a comprehensive guide to build and improve information governance within organisations
- The Primer on eDiscovery in the Asia Pacific (APAC) Region
