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Andreas is a dual-qualified English and German lawyer with more than 17 years of experience in Data Privacy, telecommunications and technology law as well as international commercial law. He also holds a specialist data privacy qualification from IAAP, being a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). As a member of MasterCard’s global privacy and information governance team he has global responsibility for data privacy matters regarding new acquisitions and supports MasterCard’s global processing group on strategic projects and initiatives. Prior to joining MasterCard Andreas spent more than 2 years at Colt Technology Services, a London based telecommunications and data centre provider with operations in Europe, India and Singapore. As senior corporate counsel he headed up the data privacy function and also had responsibility for corporate policy and other corporate matters. Andreas also spent more than 12 years as a lawyer with several international law firms including Steptoe & Johnson and Eversheds, where he advised multinational technology and communications companies on global data privacy compliance programmes.