Martine is the office manager at Brandeis. She also works as a lawyer in the Privacy & AI practice group.

Martine is an experienced privacy lawyer with a background as a lawyer specialising in IP and media law. After completing her Master’s in Dutch Law at the University of Amsterdam and an LLM programme at Columbia University in New York, Martine worked as a lawyer at Baker McKenzie and subsequently at Allen & Overy in corporate law and intellectual property law. Her passion for the field of privacy began when she undertook the Grotius specialisation course in Privacy Law.

In her subsequent career as a business mediator, in-house counsel and entrepreneur, she learnt how organisations operate, but also the importance of identifying the underlying motivations of all stakeholders. Not only to secure a deal, but also to get all parties on board with necessary changes and to build support. That is often the key to success.

In her most recent role as a data protection officer in the media sector, Martine was tasked not only with fulfilling the supervisory role but also with establishing a fully-fledged privacy office. Developing and embedding that privacy function within a media company at a time when rapid technological development and AI are making it increasingly complex to safeguard the fundamental right to privacy required a high degree of organisational sensitivity, tact and tenacity.

As office director, Martine is a member of the Executive Committee of Brandeis.

In her spare time, Martine is a keen runner.

Memberships:

• Board member of the Dutch Association of Data Protection Officers (NGFG)
• Privacy Law Association (VPR)
• Dutch Association of Corporate Lawyers (NGB)