Onur
Korucu
Managing Partner and Advisory Board Member at GovernID
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Onur Korucu Bio
Onur's professional journey began in multinational professional services firms such as KPMG, PwC, and Grant Thornton, where she gained extensive experience as a consultant and senior management member across various global regions.Previously, she held the position of Senior Group Manager for GRC, Cyber Security, and Data Protection at Microsoft—Avanade UK & Ireland. In addition to her technical engineering and M.Sc degrees, she holds an LL.M degree in Information and Technology Law and completed a Business Analytics executive master's program at the University of Cambridge.
Onur Korucu is a managing partner for GovernID; she leads the company's strategic direction and ensures compliance with cyber security, AI governance and data protection regulations, including the global adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Presently, she also acts as a Microsoft Subject Matter Expert (SME) and holds shares in three companies specializing in data protection, cyber security, and AI automation.
Focused on emerging technologies, Onur is a cyber security, compliance, and privacy professional. She also serves as a lecturer for Cyber Security Masters programs at universities in Dublin, Istanbul and London, sharing her expertise as a guest lecturer. Onur authored a book on risk-based global approaches to enhancing data protection. She was selected as the recipient of the IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award 2024 and has won several other awards.
