Monica Suarez

In-house counsel specialised in data protection regulation with experience in the TMT and Financial industries. After spending 6 years advising media and telecommunications companies, since 2019 Monica works as GDPR advisor in ING Belgium’s Data Management team. She focuses on the pragmatic application of GDPR and data protection laws and supports all areas of business. Her advisory style follows a hands-on approach avoiding legalese. She believes the key to a successful GDPR strategy resides in 2 main pillars: 1)the active collaboration between legal, compliance, data management and security teams and 2) the translation of regulation into a language that business understands.