Lanx GOH

Education

• University of Oxford
  Master of Science (MSc), Criminology and Criminal Justice
  2013 - 2014
  
  University of California, Berkeley
  Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
  2012 - 2013
  
  National University of Singapore
  Graduate Diploma, Singapore Law
  2008 - 2009
  
  University of Birmingham
  Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons)
  2005 - 2008

Professional Appointments

Lanx is currently the Global Head of Privacy for Prudential. Notably, he is the recipient of the IAPP Vanguard Award (Asia) and selected as Top 10 Guardians of the Cyber Space by the Cyber Express. Formerly, he was an Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Senior Counsel of TikTok, and Head of Investigation of the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission. He is also the Honorary Consul of Bulgaria to Singapore, and Adjunct Lecturer with the Singapore Management University, School of Law where he developed and continues to co-teach the Privacy & Data Protection Law courses. He is also a Vice-President of the CEEC, Board Member for Cyber Express Advisory Board, and Fellow of Information Privacy and Board Member with the International Association of Privacy Professional, Asia Advisory and CIPP/A Exam Development Boards. Further, he is an accredited mediator with Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Mediation Institute.

Research Areas

Academically, he is one of the authors for Data Protection Law in Singapore: Privacy and Sovereignty in an Interconnected World, and Privacy and Personal Data Protection Law in Asia. By invitations, he published articles for peer-reviewed journals in Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom on privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws. He also spoke at various conferences and seminars such as Data Protection in Digital World Summit, Bulgaria 2019, Singapore International Cybersecurity Week 2021 and IAPP Asia Privacy Forum 2016-2024. In his postgraduate studies, he specialized in privacy and intellectual property laws, namely, the Certificate of Copyright Law with Harvard Law School, MSc degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice with the University of Oxford and LLM degree with University of California, Berkeley.