Constantine Karbaliotis
Director of Cybersecurity & Privacy, PwC Canada
Constantine is a Director of Cybersecurity & Privacy at PwC Canada and leads Privacy-as-a-Service (PraaS). He has significant privacy and consulting related expertise as demonstrated throughout his career.
An accomplished privacy professional, Constantine regularly speaks and participates internationally at privacy events. Constantine previously served as vice-president for Nymity, a leading solutions provider for privacy professionals, and before that as chief privacy officer for Mercer where he spent four years managing the company’s internal compliance and the development and implementation of privacy programs, policies, and initiatives. Prior to Mercer, Constantine led the global privacy compliance program at Symantec, following his role as an executive consultant at CGI leading its privacy and security practice in Toronto. Before beginning his career in privacy, Constantine ran his own law practice. Constantine holds a J.D. from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario and was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 1986.
He brings more than 15 years of experience in the areas of international privacy and data protection (governance and policy/program development, data breach management, privacy impact assessments, vendor management, and cross-border data flows), including implementing technologies and processes for major multinationals.
His experience has included helping clients in to build effective privacy programs in Canada, the US and internationally, to remain compliant with ever-increasing expectations in privacy and data protection, and to make privacy a competitive advantage.
Constantine is a Director of Cybersecurity & Privacy at PwC Canada and leads Privacy-as-a-Service (PraaS). He has significant privacy and consulting related expertise as demonstrated throughout his career.
An accomplished privacy professional, Constantine regularly speaks and participates internationally at privacy events. Constantine previously served as vice-president for Nymity, a leading solutions provider for privacy professionals, and before that as chief privacy officer for Mercer where he spent four years managing the company’s internal compliance and the development and implementation of privacy programs, policies, and initiatives. Prior to Mercer, Constantine led the global privacy compliance program at Symantec, following his role as an executive consultant at CGI leading its privacy and security practice in Toronto. Before beginning his career in privacy, Constantine ran his own law practice. Constantine holds a J.D. from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario and was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 1986.
He brings more than 15 years of experience in the areas of international privacy and data protection (governance and policy/program development, data breach management, privacy impact assessments, vendor management, and cross-border data flows), including implementing technologies and processes for major multinationals.
His experience has included helping clients in to build effective privacy programs in Canada, the US and internationally, to remain compliant with ever-increasing expectations in privacy and data protection, and to make privacy a competitive advantage.
