Every episode, data protection dinosaur Tim Turner meets a younger, more enthusiastic DP practitioner who tells him how they got into data protection, what their experience of working in the sector has been like, and finally, gives the old man some advice.
In Episode 7 of Generation GDPR, I speak to the legendary Cristina Vannini-Goodchild. Cristina's route to becoming a data protection specialist is a lesson to anyone who is looking at the DP / privacy sector from outside and wondering how to break in. She just did it. We talked about her career managing projects for big organisations, and how preparing for GDPR opened her eyes to a different path. This leads on to the importance of having a passion for your work, but also setting practical and achievable goals. Her positive spin on nurturing her clients is a nice contrast to the pessimism you get from certain DP dinosaurs. Anyway.... this is an upbeat and entertaining episode and I am sure you will enjoy it.
31 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 6: Sona Mehta
Sona Mehta is a lecturer and lawyer and is the first pod participant who returned to the sector with GDPR rather than joined it for the first time. We talked about why she did that, and how flexibility and adaptability are core to how data protection professionals thrive. Data Protection is perceived as boring, and Sona has an interesting perspective on the need to educate the coming generations about what it's all about. We also talked about the importance of networks and the need to strike a balance between compliance and commerce. I really enjoyed our conversation and I'm sure you will too.
3 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 5: Courtney Rose Lee-Hentze
Courtney Rose Lee-Hentze discusses her passion for data protection and how skills transfer into the field, even delving into Star Wars, in this interview episode.
19 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 4: Chris Hunt
Chris Hunt discusses his unexpected path to data protection, highlighting the opportunity to assist individuals through subject access requests and offering candid advice for established data protection professionals in this interview.
5 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 3: Henry Pearce
Lecturer Henry Pearce discusses his unique perspective on data protection law, exploring student perceptions and the role of qualifications in this interview.
22 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 2: Veronica Ayitey
Veronica Ayitey discusses GDPR in this interview episode.
29 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 1: Kathryn Brooks
The first episodes's guest is the amazing Kathryn Brooks. We talked about the slightly circuitous route that took her into the sector, the emphasis she places on selling the benefits of data protection, tips for people who want to break into the sector and mountains (briefly). Listen, follow for future episodes and tell your friends.
28 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT
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Episode 7: Cristina Vannini-Goodchild
Published 14 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I mean, what I do with my clients as a day -to -day activity, I see that as a job in terms of they commissioned me to generate a certain output in the form of a service in exchange for money. And I need a job to pay my bills. So if I wasn't doing these, I would be doing something else, because I need to earn money. So why not do something that I really enjoy? I'm also very passionate about it. So maybe that's the mission, but I don't know. I wouldn't call it mission, maybe I would use the word passionate because one of the things that, you know, I'm passionate about is to make people aware of the regulation and to help them to understand it is not scary. […]
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