Tamar Kaldani is a senior data protection expert of the European Commission project “International Digital Cooperation – Enhanced Data Protection and Data Flows.” She also leads the GIZ-commissioned project that supports the Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. From 2018 to 2022, Tamar served as the First Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Convention 108 Consultative Committee (T-PD). As Georgia’s first Data Protection Commissioner, she established and led the independent supervisory authority from 2013 to 2019. Since 2019, Tamar has been a consultant working with various development partners, contributing to the development of data protection policies, legal frameworks, and supervisory authorities in over 15 countries across Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Pacific Islands. Tamar holds both an LL.M. and an MBA degree. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).