Bianca-Ioana Marcu is the Managing Director for Europe at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), where she advances thought leadership on data protection, privacy, and AI regulation from a global perspective. Leading a team of legal and policy experts in Brussels, Bianca’s work at FPF focuses on finding pathways for continued cooperation and dialogue on digital regulation, ensuring that strong respect for fundamental rights coexists alongside technology development. Prior to joining FPF, Bianca was the Managing Director of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference, served as co-Director of the Belgian NGO Privacy Salon, as well as a Researcher in Law at the LSTS Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. With an LLM in International Law, Globalisation and Human Rights from Maastricht University, Bianca’s research and publications have previously focused on Data Protection as the Last Line of Defence (Springer Nature), the legal challenges of Biometrics, Facial Recognition and the Fundamental Rights of Minors (European Law Blog), and on AI regulation from the perspective of international law (FPF).