Johnny Ryan

Dr Johnny Ryan is the Director of Enforce, and an Enforce Senior Fellow. Previously, Dr Ryan held senior roles in the online advertising, media, and technology industries. He was Chief Policy Officer at Brave Software and Chief Innovation Officer at The Irish Times Group.

He is the author of two books, and his regulatory interventions and expert commentary appear in The New York Times, The Economist, The Guardian, Die Zeit, Wired, Le Monde, The Financial Times and other leading media. He is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Open Markets Institute. 

He is focused on surveillance, data rights, competition/anti-trust, and privacy. Open Markets called him "a renowned global privacy expert". Protocol named him "The thorn in Google's side". Tagesspiegel listed him as one of the digital people who shaped 2021. Die Zeit calls him "Google's biggest headache". He was awarded the EPIC International Champion of Privacy Award 2023. He currently has litigation and regulatory proceedings in several jurisdictions.