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10/09/2014
New Data Protection Commissioner Appointed
Helen Dixon will leave her role as Registrar of Companies to replace Billy Hawkins as the new Data Protection Commissioner.
Ms Dixon has been Registrar of Companies since 2009, and will take on her new role "within weeks", replacing Mr Hawkins, who held the role of Data Protection Commissioner for 12 years.
(MH/CD)
Ms Dixon has been Registrar of Companies since 2009, and will take on her new role "within weeks", replacing Mr Hawkins, who held the role of Data Protection Commissioner for 12 years.
(MH/CD)
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