Angelene Falk is the Australian Information Commissioner and former Privacy Commissioner. She will conclude after two terms at the helm of the OAIC in mid-August 2024.

She leads the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in fulfilling its functions across privacy, freedom of information and government information management.

Angelene works extensively with Australian Government agencies, the private sector and international organisations to address regulatory challenges and opportunities presented by rapidly evolving technology and potential uses of data. Her experience extends across industries and subject matters, including data breach prevention and management, data sharing, credit reporting, digital health and access to information.

Angelene is a member of the National Data Advisory Council and Digital Platform Regulators Forum. She has advanced the protection of Australians’ privacy through her work on international privacy bodies, helping shape global data protection policies and cross‑border initiatives. She was the inaugural chair of the Global Privacy Assembly’s (GPA) Strategic Direction Sub‑Committee and served two terms as a member of the GPA’s Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022.

Angelene was admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1998 and holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, a Bachelor of Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Carly Kind commenced as Australia’s Privacy Commissioner in February 2024 for a 5-year term.

As Privacy Commissioner, she regulates the handling of personal information by entities covered by the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and seeks to influence the development of legislation and advance privacy protections for Australians.

Ms Kind joined from the UK-based Ada Lovelace Institute, where she was the inaugural director. As a human rights lawyer and leading authority on the intersection of technology policy and human rights, she has advised industry, government and non-profit organisations on digital rights, artificial intelligence, privacy and data protection, and corporate accountability in the technology sphere.

She has worked with the European Commission, the Council of Europe, numerous UN bodies and a range of civil society organisations. She was formerly legal director of Privacy International, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting data rights and governance.

Ms Kind has a Masters of Science, International Relations (Hons) from the London School of Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland.

Elizabeth Tydd took up the position of Freedom of Information Commissioner in February 2024 and, from mid-August 2024, will be the Australian Information Commissioner.

Elizabeth joined the OAIC after two 5-year terms as the Information Commissioner at the Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) of New South Wales. Her role at the IPC was to promote public awareness and understanding of the right to access government information in NSW, as well as providing information, support, advice, assistance and training to agencies and the general public.

Elizabeth has occupied a number of statutory decision‑making roles in NSW commissions and tribunals, including deputy president of the Workers Compensation Commission and deputy chairperson of the former Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal.

Elizabeth has extensive regulatory and governance experience at an executive and board level in a range of jurisdictions and industries, including commercial, not for profit and public sector oversight.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Technology Sydney, as well as postgraduate certificates in executive management and governance together with post graduate qualifications in leadership and policy from Harvard University. Elizabeth possesses expertise in digital government and has written extensively on this subject.