Governance

Privacy International’s governing body is the Board of Trustees. The primary responsibility of the Board is to provide strategic leadership by formulating and reviewing Privacy International's strategic aims in consultation with staff, setting overall policy, regularly evaluating the charity's performance, and ensuring compliance with UK law. The board meets up to four times a year.

New Trustees are recruited through an open application process. Appointments are made on the basis of individual merit, while also taking into consideration the existing expertise and experience of the Board, as well as PI's equal opportunities policy.

PI is a registered UK charity (no. 1147471), registered with Companies House of England and Wales (no. 04354366), and is governed by a Board of Trustees. Our registered offices are 62 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UY, Great Britain.

Ahana Datta

TRUSTEE

Ahana has held various cybersecurity leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She has previously written about privacy and cyber risk related issues, and currently researches global governance issues in the field at the University College London.

Amanda Borton

TRUSTEE

Treasurer Amanda is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and has held financial leadership roles in the public, private and charity sectors. Amanda is currently the Finance Executive Director of Health Data Research UK, the UK’s national institute for

Joshua Castellino

TRUSTEE

Chair Joshua Castellino is Co-Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International & Professor of International & Comparative Law at Derby University, UK. He founded the School of Law, Middlesex University London (2012) and served as Dean until 2018. Joshua worked as a journalist in Mumbai

Mahdis Keshavarz

Trustee

Mahdis Keshavarz is a leading media and communications specialist, and an accomplished advocate of groundbreaking issues. She is an empowering and dynamic voice for the Middle Eastern community. She has placed thousands of news stories and op-eds with leading media outlets around the world –

Martin Scheinin

TRUSTEE

Martin Scheinin is Guest Professor of international human rights law at Lund University (Sweden) and part-time professor at the European University Institute (Italy). He has served as member of the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism and member of

Sara Fratti

TRUSTEE

Sara Fratti is a Guatemalan lawyer specializing in technology and human rights, with 10+ years of experience in Internet governance, digital rights, international law, intellectual property, and AI policies. She focuses on data protection, gender-based violence facilitated by technology, and

Vera Franz

TRUSTEE

Vera has 25 years of experience at the intersection of digital technology, social justice and philanthropy. She is an independent philanthropic advisor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Faculty of Laws. For two decades, she has served in programmatic leadership roles for the Open Society

Anna Fielder

Trustee and Chair Emeritus

Anna was a long-time trustee of Privacy International, up until her term ended in September 2017. In recognition of her substantial contribution to PI, the Board of Trustees designated her as Chair Emeritus. She has been a consumer and privacy advocate for many years, after having trained as a

Barry Steinhardt

Trustee Emeritus

Barry was a long-time trustee of Privacy International, up until his term ended in September 2017. In recognition of his substantial contribution to PI, the Board of Trustees designated him as Trustee Emeritus. Barry was the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Program on Technology and