Personal Branding for a career in privacy with Jamal Ahmed and Punit Bhatia in The FIT4Privacy Podcast E085 S4

Personal Branding For A Career in Privacy with Jamal Ahmed in The FIT4Privacy Podcast GDPR can be complex. GDPR can be challenging. But not for Jamal and Punit who have a free-flowing conversation on self-branding for privacy pros, finding jobs, the role of certifications, and the difference between teaching and coaching. Let us hear host Punit Bhatia with our guest Jamal Ahmed talk about the privacy careers in GDPR. KEY CONVERSATION POINTS 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:07 About Self-Branding 00:14:07 How do I find a Job? 00:23:50 Difference between Teaching and Coaching Approach 00:31:22 About Jamal Ahmed ABOUT THE GUEST Jamal is an astute and influential Privacy Consultant, strategist, Board advisor, and Fellow of Information Privacy. He is a charismatic leader, progressive thinker, and innovator in the privacy sector who directs complex Global Privacy Programmed. Considered by his peers and clients to be one of the UK’s preeminent privacy experts, he has the credibility and gravitas to engender confidence. He is a sought-after commentator contributing to the BBC, ITV News Euronews, Talk Radio, The Independent, and The Guardian, amongst others. His Privacy Pros Podcast reaches audiences in 72 countries and is ranked the number one privacy podcast in the world and one of the top 3 GDPR podcasts.

Jamal strives to be a great leader, listener, and coach. He has grown a talented, high-performing team who protects the privacy of 1 billion + data subjects and are international expert in data privacy, GDPR, and cybersecurity.

Jamal and his team are driven by the principles of simplifying and demystifying privacy, removing complexities, and educating clients to forge a privacy-by-design culture that enables clients to build their internal privacy capability and capacity.

He works with global clients across multiple sectors and jurisdictions, partnering with Boards and C-Suite teams; he debates constructively, challenges rigorously, questions intelligently, and advises pragmatically. Alongside exceptional experience and qualifications, he adds value by providing pertinent insights, bringing alternative perspectives, and triggering healthy debate. ABOUT THE HOST Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organizational culture with high privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority. Selectively, Punit is open to mentoring and coaching privacy professionals.

Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 30 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured among the top GDPR and privacy podcasts. As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one’s values to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for the joy of life’ which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe. RESOURCES Websites www.fit4privacy.com , www.punitbhatia.com Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy