Tim de Sousa

Managing Director, Technology

Sydney|tim.desousa@fticonsulting.com|+61 2 9235 9305

Tim de Sousa is a Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Technology segment and is based in Sydney, Australia. Mr. de Sousa is a strategic and operational privacy expert with more than 19 years of experience. Mr. de Sousa works at the intersection of privacy, information governance, emerging technologies and digital transformation in both the public and private sectors. His expertise spans Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and the European Union.

Mr. de Sousa supports corporate and government clients in establishing and optimising their privacy compliance and information governance postures, enabling effective digital transformation and building trusted relationships with their customers. This includes the provision of practical policy advice, governance, and compliance management strategy, regulator and stakeholder management, data breach response, and education and training to enable best practice privacy and information governance.

Mr. de Sousa combines a deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and approaches stemming from his direct experience as a regulator, and extensive practical privacy, information governance, and digital transformation implementation experience in corporate and public sectors. He is a frequent writer and speaker on privacy and digital transformation issues.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. de Sousa held senior roles with Westpac, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the New South Wales (NSW) Government Department of Customer Service, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), in addition to consulting major Australian corporates including Qantas and nbn Co. In 2020, Mr. de Sousa was listed in the Apolitical/World Economic Forum’s “Agile 50” as one of the “World’s 50 Most Influential People Revolutionising Government” and recommended as a Data Expert by Who’s Who Legal.

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