Alexandra Potts is the Chief Privacy Officer at University College London. As UCL's DPO, Alexandra leads the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Team. She is a very experienced in house lawyer with 16 years post qualification experience, the latter 10 of which have been primarily focused on data protection law. Alexandra has worked across private and public sector organisations and so understands the practical impacts of applying data protection law, and the real-world challenges of AI and data protection compliance. Alexandra holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from UCL (Faculty of Laws) and completed her training contract in the City of London. She went from there to enlist as a Captain in Army Legal Services, completing training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Alexandra’s roles in the Army included training special forces soldiers in the law of armed conflict, as well as serving as an infantry platoon commander with 2 R Anglian when they were Theatre Reserve Battalion. In her civilian career, Alexandra has worked as an in-house lawyer at The Royal British Legion and the Bank of England. Prior to working at UCL, she was Head of Legal at an ad-tech start up.