Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Lead enterprise-wide data protection, governance and regulatory strategy across African markets within media, streaming, telecommunications and digital platform ecosystems. Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on data protection, enterprise governance, digital strategy, regulatory risk and transformation initiatives, ensuring governance frameworks enable scalable growth, operational resilience and responsible innovation across complex multi-jurisdictional environments. Key Focus Areas: - Data protection and regulatory strategy - Enterprise governance and digital transformation - Strategic transactions and platform integrations - Executive risk and governance advisory - Pan-African governance alignment - Data Protection & Privacy Operational Compliance and Readiness Contribute to enterprise governance and strategic oversight forums relating to: - Data Protection & Privacy Governance - Enterprise Risk & Governance - ESG & Integrated Reporting - Technology & Digital Governance - Architecture & Cloud Governance - Information Security & Cyber Resilience - Responsible AI & Emerging Technology Governance
Enterprise data protection governance and regulatory compliance initiatives within a pan-African media and advertising environment (Out-of-Home Advertising), contributing to governance oversight, policy alignment and operational compliance readiness. Worked across business functions to strengthen POPIA and Data Protection Laws compliance, governance frameworks and regulatory awareness while supporting incident response, policy governance and enterprise risk alignment across African markets. Key Contributions: - Contributed to data protection governance and compliance oversight structures - Supported development and review of enterprise privacy and governance policies - Coordinated regulatory monitoring and compliance alignment activities - Incident investigations and regulatory risk management - Led internal awareness and stakeholder engagement initiatives relating to POPIA and Data Protection Laws compliance
Legal services across over 16 markets within the out-of -home advertising industry: company secretarial services, legal research, opinion writing, systems management, information and data security, contracts drafting and reviews etc. Advised on legal, governance and regulatory matters across multiple African markets, supporting commercial operations, compliance and enterprise governance.
Legal services within the property development industry including, company secretarial services, contracts drafting and reviewing (SLAs, PROCSA agreements, NDAs etc.), and litigation management etc.
Legal services with a labour law focus.