Kirsten Van der Zwan

Kirsten is a lawyer registered to the Dutch Bar since 2000. As from January 2022 Kirsten moved fully inhouse as Group Data Privacy Senior Legal Counsel at Shell International B.V. Before joining Shell CPO office Kirsten was (interim) lawyer in private practice with various law firms for 21 years and acted as general counsel for a global e-mobility company for 4 years. Kirsten has 10+ years of experience in both M&A and data privacy. Kirsten’s focus since 2018 is data privacy in renewables and energy solutions globally. 

Kirsten is part of the editorial staff of a Dutch jurisprudence journal for data protection since 2016. She is also part of the editorial staff and author for a Dutch online portal on data protection. She participates in various European data privacy networking and policy and advocacy groups.