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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 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
Galt

Board member

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David Alexander

Board member

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Eduardo Mercovich

Board member

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Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Board member

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Michael Lee

Board member

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Paula Bello

Board member

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Robert Schuschnig-Fowler 

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Teki Akuetteh Falconer 

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Staff

Christopher Wilson

Executive director
christopher@mydata.org

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Viivi Lähteenoja

Senior advisor
viivi.lahteenoja@mydata.org

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Kai Kuikkaniemi

Senior advisor
kai@mydata.org

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Julia H. Liao

Community and operations manager
julia@mydata.org

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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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