June 6, 2025

CIPL Announces New Fellow, Christopher Foreman

We are excited to announce our newest CIPL Fellow Christopher Foreman!

Chris has 20+ years’ experience in global privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, trademark infringement litigation, and EU pharmaceutical law.

Most recently, Chris was the Chief Privacy Officer at Merck & Co., Inc., (MSD). Heading the Global Privacy Office, he led a team responsible for the governance of the Global Privacy Program, which has approved EU Binding Corporate Rules. Notably, Chris deployed the Program worldwide via a network of 300+ Privacy Stewards. Prior to working in privacy, Chris held several leading roles in MSD’s Office of the General Counsel and worked as a corporate lawyer at two private law firms in Washington, DC, New York and Brussels.

We are excited for Chris to work with us and deploy his expertise across key CIPL projects, in particular those relevant to the healthcare and biopharmaceutical industries.