Buddle Findlay invites you to join us in our Christchurch office for a discussion with Michael Webster, New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner. 

Buddle Findlay is delighted to host the Privacy Commissioner, Michael Webster for a lunchtime event on Thursday 22 May at 12.15pm in our Christchurch office.

Commissioner Webster will reflect on the state of privacy in New Zealand and what the key areas of focus for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) will be in 2025.

He will share with us his perspectives areas of emerging privacy risk, particularly given the changing technological landscape, and what that means for the public and private sectors, the OPC as regulator, and for New Zealanders.

Following the discussion, we will host a Q&A session, providing you with the opportunity to hear from the Commissioner on privacy issues that matter to you and your organisation.

Please RSVP by Friday 16 May 2025 using the adjacent form.  A light lunch will be provided. 

Event details

Speaker

Michael Webster
Privacy Commissioner 

Michael Webster took up the role of Privacy Commissioner on 5 July 2022.  Prior to Michael’s appointment, he worked in the Cabinet Office, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for 14 years and held the position of Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council from March 2014.

Mr Webster has a long history of public service, with expertise in policy development, corporate strategy and planning and risk management.  Mr Webster’s career has to date focused on enabling and driving good governance, the promotion of democratic rights and values, the development and application of codes of conduct and behaviour and working to ensure compliance with both statutory provisions and constitutional conventions.

Mr Webster holds a Master of Public Management and BA (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington and is a graduate of the EY/Darden School of Business Programme, and the Executive Fellows Programme of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.