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We are entrepreneurs and personal data experts, private individuals as well as public and private organisations.

Our leadership team is made up of the board of directors, the steering committee and staff. Around the world, our local hubs and thematic groups are making the MyData vision a reality, and our members are ambassadors for the movement.

Board of directors

Eric Pol

Board chair

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Alexander
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Board member

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David Alexander

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Eduardo Mercovich 

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Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

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Michael Lee

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Paula Bello

Board member

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Robert Schuschnig-Fowler 

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Teki Akuetteh Falconer 

Board member

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Staff

Christopher Wilson

Executive director

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Teemu Ropponen

Teemu Ropponen

Director of growth

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Carlos Iglesias Moro

Projects lead

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Julia H. Liao

Community and operations manager

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Kai Kuikkaniemi

Senior advisor

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Esko Reinikainen

Project officer
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Alex Bowyer

Human-centric Technical Specialist

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Viivi Lähteenoja

Senior advisor

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Members

Our members are the ambassadors of MyData globally. To date, we have over 100 organisation members and close to 400 individual members from over 40 countries on six continents. MyData Global was established in 2018 by our founding members.

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