Speakers

Dr Vincent Olatunji has over 36 years of experience in the public sector. He joined the National Information

Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in 2002, working in various departments and

rising to Director in 2014 and Acting Director-General in 2016. He was the Director of

eGovernment Development and Regulations where he successfully mainstreamed the

development and launch of various Policies, Guidelines, and Frameworks such as the

Nigeria Inter-Operability Framework, Nigeria eGovernment Enterprise Architecture, Cloud

First Policy, Government Digital Service Policy, Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, and

Smart Initiatives Framework to enhance Nigeria’s digital transformation. He also chaired

the implementation committees of some of them. He is a member of many committees

of experts.

He was listed among the 100 Leading Telecom and ICT Personalities in Nigeria by the

Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria in April 2018; an eminent

recognition as one of the top 50 Digital Economy enablers in Nigeria, 2023 and 2025;

appointed as Country Chief Data Officer Ambassador by the Massachusetts Institute of

Information Management; and enlisted as a member of the Forbes Technology Council,

2023.

July 2024, he was nominated for the Giovanni Buttarelli Award through the Global

Privacy Assembly; December 2024, he was appointed as an ID4Africa Deputy

Ambassador for Nigeria; and in April 2025, he was appointed as the Chair of the

Anglophone Countries’ Committee of the Network of Africa Data Protection Authorities.

He has also won several awards from public and private sector organizations.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

• Member International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

• Member, Nigeria Computer Society

• Member Information Technology Systems and Security Professionals

• Fellow Institute of Information Technology Management (FIIM)

• Director, Compliance Institute of Nigeria