Tom Woods

Associate Director | Privacy, Responsible AI and Cyber Security

Germany, Ireland, UK

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Tom recruits across the UK, Ireland, and US with a focus on placing digital regulation professionals, both permanent and interim across privacy, cyber security and responsible AI. Typical mandates include Data Protection Officers, AI Governance Leads and Information Security Managers. Tom has recruited across these spaces since 2016 and holds an MSc in Business of Football and a History degree from Cardiff University.

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Why data protection needs to be more commercial

  • Posted November 25, 2025
Privacy and data protection teams are under pressure. Budgets are tight, AI is expanding the risk surface and boards want more than regulatory assurance. This shift is changing how organisations think about capability building and data protection recruitment, with greater emphasis on commercial impact and operational influence.  The answer is not stricter or more reactive compliance. […]
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Elevating data protection in the AI governance age

  • Posted November 12, 2025
At our recent roundtable led by João Barreiro, Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer at BeOne Medicines and Monica Mahay, Chief Compliance Officer (VP) at SkyShowtime, we explored how data protection and privacy leaders can reposition data protection as a driver of trust, innovation and business value – especially as AI accelerates data use and regulatory […]
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How Data Protection Officers can become Chief Privacy Officers

  • Posted September 29, 2025
The evolving role of privacy leadership in the UK and Europe As organisations in the UK and Europe face new challenges around artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and stricter privacy laws such as the GDPR, the role of privacy leaders is changing rapidly. For many professionals, the next step in their data protection career path is moving […]

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