Regulatory Affairs Sub-Committee
The committee is responsible for monitoring Regulatory developments, and for ensuring the IDMA is represented on all relevant stakeholder groups pertaining to current legislative reviews. They make sure to represent the views and opinions of the IDMA and its members on relevant key issues that may arise. A good example of this is the recent submission submitted to Minister Shatter with regards to the forthcoming regulations changes.
The Regulatory Affairs panel of experts are available to answer IDMA members questions at any stage during the course of their membership. You can send relevant questions to them via services@idma.ie.
Chairman Bill Moss, Bill Moss Partnership
Bill studied at the University of Notre Dame (BA). He managed the marketing services department of Dun & Bradstreet between the years of 1978-1992. He was also the founding member and past Chairman of the Irish Direct Marketing Association. The Bill Moss Partnership was established in 1992 where Bill is the Managing Director. The company, which specialise in list compilation and list broking for business to business, business to consumers, and investors, domestic and international, are members of the MII, ASAI, IDMA and UK Direct Marketing Association.
Dan Marculescu - Strategic Planner, eightytwenty/4D
Dan has worked in advertising for over 6 years and in recent times he has focused his energy on digital advertising. He is currently Strategic Planner in eightytwenty/4D, which has recently been acquired by communications giant, Havas.
Dan has always had a focus on the digital age; his dissertation topic for his Bachelor’s degree was ‘The Emergence of Democracy in Digital Social Networks’. This created the perfect context for developing and managing extensive and efficient integrated brand communication campaigns for Wrigley’s Balkan East and Romtelecom Business Solutions while working for BBDO Romania. Throughout his career in advertising Dan has proven his principle strength lies in leveraging the cohesion of brand communications with interaction technologies in order to generate powerful and long-lasting consumer engagement. Dan’s main focus working in eightytwenty/4D is to develop this concept further.
Hugh Jones, The Irish Computer Society and a qualified Data Protection specialist.
Hugh provides advice to organisations striving to achieve and maintain data protection compliance. He supports projects to design and deploy appropriate policies and procedures in relation to data privacy, and conducts regular audits and evaluations on behalf of his clients. Hugh is a PMI-qualified Project Manager, and has worked on business and IT projects, both in Ireland and internationally, for the past 14 years. His projects have included product development, IT system integration and implementation of regulatory reporting solutions.
In addition to his project management and consultancy work with Longstone Management, Hugh is an associate of the Irish Computer Society, and helps to deliver their certified “Data Protection Essentials” and “Data Protection Practitioner” courses, as well as bespoke training to meet the specific requirements of particular industry sectors. Hugh contributes regularly to industry publications, and delivers a weekly blog on Data Privacy matters on the ICS web-site (www.ics.ie). He is a frequent speaker at Privacy and Data Management events. Since May, 2011, Hugh has been a member of the IDMA’s Regulatory Affairs Committee.
Brian Fay, An Post
Brian Fay is Head of Regulatory Affairs with An Post since 2007. Altogether, he has 10 years experience with An Post and prior to his current role was involved in Financial management in the mails part of the business. He has extensive experience working in senior financial roles in various organisations. Prior to joining An Post, Brian worked in the beverage refrigeration industry and the restaurant and entertainment industries. Brian is a Chartered Accountant having qualified with KPMG.
Daragh O'Brien, Founder and Managing Director, Castlebridge Associates
Daragh has developed and taught courses in Information Quality Management and Data Protection for a number of organisations in Ireland and has provided consulting services across industries as diverse as Health Care, Telecommunications, and Financial Services. Prior to founding Castlebridge Associates, Daragh was a senior member of the Regulatory Assurance team in a leading Irish Telecomms company and advises a number of clients in the telecommunications sector on Information Governance challenges related to Regulatory Compliance and Data Protection. Daragh is a regular presenter and trainer at conferences in the UK and world wide. Apart from his consulting and education work, Daragh is also an active member of the International Association for Information & Data Quality.
