Vivienne Artz

Vivienne is the Chief Privacy Officer at Refinitiv, leading the global Privacy Office and overseeing global privacy strategy and practice.

Previously, Vivienne was a Managing Director and Global Head of Privacy Legal and Head of International for the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group at Citi in the General Counsel’s Office in London. Prior to joining Citi in 2000, Vivienne worked in private practice in London.

Vivienne chairs the International Regulatory Strategy Group Data Working Group and is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), having previously served on IAPP European Advisory Board and been co-chair of the IAPP Knowledge Net for the UK.  Until recently, Vivienne was the chair of the AFME Data Protection Working Group, and participated in the UK Finance Data Protection Working Group.  Vivienne is also on the Business and Law Advisory Board of St Mary’s University in the UK. Vivienne was recognised in the 2019 PrivSec200 list of privacy and security professionals across Europe.

Vivienne is the President of Women in Banking and Finance, and is a recognized gender champion and leader having been awarded the “Champion for Women” Award at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards for Achievement 2016, and received the 2019 WeAreTheCity Rising Star “Editor’s Choice” Award in recognition of her tireless efforts in the diversity space, and as an individual who is pushing for change within her industry.  Vivienne has many years of experience leading a broad range of diversity initiatives and groups both within firms and across sectors.