Tim Capel

Director of ICO Legal Service (Data Privacy Advice) at Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

Speaker

Tim Capel is a Legal Director at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection authority. He is responsible for legal advice across a range of the ICO’s work, including enforcement policy, the regulation of digital markets, and reform of UK data protection law. Tim was previously a Legal Director at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), having been a senior associate in the Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation team at international law firm, Hogan Lovells.

During his time at the CMA, Tim led legal teams advising on competition and merger investigations and policy projects, including the development of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.