John Goumenopoulos studied law, sociology
of law and constitutional comparative law at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki and the University of Trento in Italy. During his studies he
received academic excellence awards from the State Scholarship Foundation and
the Italian Institute. Following his studies, he held senior positions in a
number of high-profile Greek companies in the areas of sales, marketing,
strategic planning, and data protection.
For more than 15 years he was Director of the most influential legal publishing
company in Greece, playing a decisive role in the market penetration of legal
scientific publications in the Greek market. As an invited speaker at numerous
conferences and seminars, he presented on various topics, related to sales,
marketing, strategic management and data protection.
In 2016 he founded, along with a group of Greek and foreign partners,
PRIVINTELLIGENT Sagl, a GDPR-related compliance and DPO services company based
in Lugano, Switzerland. The company undertook a series of advanced data
protection projects focused on the pharmaceutical sector both in Greece and in
the EU (Santen, IBSA, PTC, Alnylam). John has extensive hands-on experience in
Data Protection Officer services-consulting, as he was the Project Manager in
large pharmaceutical companies DPO projects (IBSA-Institut Biochimique SA).
Having left PRIVINTELLIGENT Sagl, he founded GAGDPR with main focus to establish
a specialized GDPR-related consulting firm in Greece.
Within GAGDPR he is managing partner and responsible for workflow coordination
between the company and clients. In addition, he leads the GAGDPR’s Health Care
Team, a sector that GAGDPR specializes on. Currently, John holds the position of
DPO in OMMA-Ophthalmological Institute, based in Athens.
He is a frequent speaker at business and legal forums, with a rich agenda on
GDPR matters.
Last but not least, John is a trainer in the ”DPO Executive” certification in
Greece, in cooperation with business-oriented education organizations.