Kris Budnik is managing director at Slva Information Security, where he leads a team of highly skilled technology advisors specialising in the development, implementation and management of enterprise regulatory compliance, security and privacy programmes. He has significant experience, both locally and globally, in information security, data privacy, technology governance and systems management, having been a partner within the Big 4 for more than 10 years, and having consulted with large software technology vendors for five years prior to that.

A certified information privacy professional (CIPP/IT), he was a contributor to the development of COBIT, the COBIT Implementation Guide, Cobit Control Practices, and ValIT and ValIT Assurance Guide. He has led a number of significant information security, data privacy and IT governance projects in the financial services, retail fashion, and oil and gas industry sectors.