Malcolm Crompton AM

Malcolm Crompton AM is Founder and Lead Privacy Advisor at Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd (IIS), a consultancy specialising in data protection and privacy strategies. His global reputation is built on forward thinking about the handling and governance of personal information.

As Australia’s Privacy Commissioner from 1999 to 2004, Malcolm led the implementation of the nation’s first broad based private sector privacy law.  He has been a director of Bellberry Limited since 2006.  Until recently, he was Chairman and a founding Director of Praxis Australia Limited.

Malcolm was founding President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia New Zealand in 2008 and director until 2016.  He was a director of the US based IAPP until 2011.

He has been a member advisory bodies around the world, including the European Union, OECD and APEC since 2003 as well as large global companies such as Palantir, Microsoft and IBM. He is a member of the Advisory Board to the New South Wales Data Analytics Centre.

Malcolm has degrees in Chemistry and Economics, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for significant service to public administration, particularly to data protection, privacy, and identity management, and to the community.