Alexander White
Alexander White has served as Bermuda’s first Privacy Commissioner since being appointed by H.E. the Governor of Bermuda to take office in January 2020 as founding head of the country’s data protection authority. He also currently serves on the European Commission Working Group to draft the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice under the EU AI Act and as a member of the DIFC Advisory Committee for AI Regulation. Commissioner White recently completed a term as Executive Committee Member for the Global Privacy Assembly, which sets the strategic direction for privacy regulators worldwide, and hosted the annual event in 2023.
Prior to establishing the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda, Mr. White served as State Deputy Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. State of South Carolina, developing a statewide privacy program from its earliest days for over 70 state agencies and entities operating in finance, healthcare, education and higher education, law enforcement, and other sectors. He is a lawyer licensed in Illinois and the District of Columbia and served on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DPIAC) for a three-year term. He has a long association with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), having been a member of the Professional Privacy Faculty, a founding member of the Privacy Bar Section Advisory Board, and the founder of the IAPP State, Local, and Municipal Government Affinity Group.
In his early career, Alexander worked as a lawyer, consultant, and non-executive director in insurance and education, focusing on emerging issues, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, government affairs, and product development, including cyber liability. He holds a variety of privacy, legal, cybersecurity, and risk management qualifications and is a two-time graduate of the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a Juris Doctor (cum laude), with further coursework and study with the Harvard Kennedy School, City University (London) Law School, Law Society of Ireland, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Institute for European Studies, Tsinghua University School of Law, and Fudan University Law School.
