Season 2 Episode 4: Wise Women: A Chat with Sunny Athwal

In this episode host Victoria Gibilterra sits down with Sunny Athwal, Chief Privacy Officer at HCL Technologies. We will discuss how she got to where she is today as well as the triumphs and challenges that came along the way. She gives great advice on being a female in a heavy male dominated field and the attributes that make up a great leader. Sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy the new episode for the NextExec Podcast. 

Guest: Sunny Athwal
As the Chief Privacy Officer, Sunny leads the Global Privacy Office (GPO), with responsibility for advising and delivering a global privacy framework that complies with all applicable privacy laws and client contractual obligations. 

The GPO has implemented a privacy program that sets itself to the highest standard across our geographies and client locations, and instilled a culture of privacy at HCL. The program was designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and has since evolved to take into account the ever evolving privacy landscape. The program utilizes a principle based approach and also embeds privacy controls and client-specific industry requirements across HCL.

Prior to joining HCL, Sunny worked as in-house data privacy counsel in the financial services and technology industry, including Symantec and Visa. She is a Allen & Overy qualified lawyer who has extensive experience in operationalising compliance with privacy laws and regulations.



Host: Victoria Gibilterra
Victoria Gibilterra is a Senior Information Security Engineer at CVS Health as a member of the Security Architecture team. Her work includes designing and implementing security solutions in collaboration with multiple information security team members and stakeholders. Outside of the office, Victoria is on the board of Ellevate Phoenix; working to develop women in leadership in the Greater Phoenix Area.