Bruce Ellsworth is Commercial Attaché and Digital Attaché at the U.S. Consulate General in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Bruce’s responsibilities include data privacy, cyber security, digital trade, healthcare, investment, and financial services. He focuses on commercial diplomacy, promotion of U.S. exports, and attraction of foreign direct investment.

Previously, Bruce was Standards Attaché for Southeast Asia and Digital Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia. In Indonesia, Bruce had a focus on promoting best practices at a time when draft legislation was being considered for cyber security, cross-border data, and privacy. Bruce started as a Foreign Commercial Service Officer in 2016 with a posting at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, where worked on China, Russia, and Eurasia affairs.

Before joining the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bruce spent twenty-five years based in Japan, where he worked in the pharmaceutical industry, the medical device industry, and the financial services industry. He served on the executive committees of the Japan operations of U.S. companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Hartford Life Insurance. At Hartford Life Insurance, he helped implement Japan’s data privacy law, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, after its adoption in 2003.

Bruce has a Master of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Austin College in Texas. He also attended Waseda University, Sophia University and Nanzan University in Japan and Tonga High School in The Kingdom of Tonga.

Dino Wilkinson is a partner based in the Abu Dhabi office and heads the Middle East technology, media and telecommunications law practice. Dino has advised clients throughout the region on technology contracting, data protection and cybersecurity for more than ten years. He has also worked with regional governments and regulatory authorities on a number of significant legislative developments in this area, including the drafting of electronic commerce laws, data sharing regulations and privacy legislation. Dino’s expertise spans all types of technology-related contracts, including outsourcing agreements, software development and licensing, data processing, research and collaboration agreements. He has worked on projects of both regional and international significance, including mobile app and internet product launches, national digital wallet schemes and ICT infrastructure rollouts. Dino’s clients include government departments, state-owned entities and private sector organisations in the Middle East. He also helps international clients to navigate legal and regulatory issues in the region.

Liz is a UK qualified employment lawyer and Certified Information Privacy Professional, based in the UAE. After 10 years in private practice in the UK, South Africa and the Middle East, Liz moved inhouse and joined Accenture, where she is responsible for employment and immigration law strategy and compliance across the Middle East and Africa. As part of her role Liz works closely with Accenture’s Mobility team to support a 500,000+ globally mobile workforce.

Liz is also part of a team focussed on strategic employment law initiatives, including Accenture’s COVID response and the Future of Work and works as an investigator within Accenture’s Conduct Counts Matters team, addressing conduct related matters in the workplace.

Liz is a passionate Inclusion & Diversity and ESG advocate and sits on Accenture’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee and Co-Chair’s ACC MENA’s ESG Working Group. She is excited by the potential of digital to drive societal change.

Francesca Gori is the Regional Director of Legal Services at Accenture for Compliance, Operations, Regulatory and Employment law. She leads a team of approximately 40 in-house talented lawyers across Middle East, Africa and ASIA PACIFIC, and is also the General counsel for Accenture in Middle East.

Throughout her career, she gained extensive experience in major international law firms providing support to multinational companies. During her 18-year tenure with Accenture, Francesca has been part of several global project implementation initiatives, as well as the set-up of new operations and legal entities across the Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Latin America regions. Francesca holds a Law degree from L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy, and has a strong background in Compliance, Employment Law, Immigration and Corporate law, Data Privacy, and Regulatory matters across EMEA. She lives in Dubai with her son Leonardo of 13 years old and enjoys spending time with her family.