Noriswadi Ismail
About Noris: Noriswadi Ismail is QC Co-Founder / Managing Consultant on Data Protection & Privacy and a doctoral researcher on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Data Protection and Privacy based in London and Malaysia. He is a ‘Majlis Amanah Rakyat’ (MARA) Scholar (2009-2012) and previously a British Chevening Scholar (2006-2007) in Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow whilst reading LLM in Information Technology & Telecommunications Law.
Prior to commencing his doctoral research, he was the General Counsel / Company Secretary of HeiTech Padu Berhad who clinched the Malaysian Institute of Management-Public Bank Berhad Young Manager Of The Year Award in 2008. In between his work, he also lectured occasionally on topical issues in Information Technology & Intellectual Property laws at his Alma Matter, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Noris was an Academic Visitor in two renowned centres at the University of Oxford; Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), and the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). During the Hilary and Trinity terms in CSLS, he researched largely on data protection in Europe and Asia (South East Asia and East Asia) and was also involved with selected research and events of the Data Protection and Open Society Project under the leadership of Dr. David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow (Balliol College). Whilst during the 3 weeks of summer in HeLEX, he researched on the principles and applications of data protection within the realm of medical informatics, particularly in RFID and Hospital Information Management System.
Noris expects to achieve the International Association Privacy Professional (IAPP) and the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection (UK/EU) dual certfications by end of 2011.