Course Director

David N. Alfred

David N. Alfred is Co-Head and Programme Director of Drew Academy and concurrently Co-Head of Drew & Napier’s Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice.

David is a senior data protection, cybersecurity, and technology lawyer with over 25 years’ experience advising on legal aspects of digital technology, telecommunications, and the Internet. He has a deep knowledge of data and cyber governance and extensive practical experience from an in-house managerial perspective.  He is a strategic and analytical thinker who has worked with and advised companies’ senior executives and boards. Before joining Drew & Napier, David was Chief Counsel of the Personal Data Protection Commission where he led its legal team and advised on all the Commission’s legal affairs including application and enforcement of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA), policy and legislative affairs, cross-border aspects of data protection and enforcement of the PDPA.

David is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Law where he teaches Global Data Privacy Law. He is also on the faculty of the Singapore Academy of Law and Singapore Institute of Legal Education. David holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and LLB and LLM degrees from NUS. He is a qualified training facilitator, holding the WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP). He is also a certified data protection professional with the CIPP/A, CIPM and CIPT certifications and has been designated a Fellow of Information Privacy by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

View David's full profile here.