Sonja Hilkhuijsen is a highly business-focused executive with a vast legal and regulatory experience, allowing her to be an essential partner to the business by adapting regulatory frameworks to business needs across various industries. As the EU DPO for Upwork, the world's work marketplace, she is driving the EU Data Protection framework, creating synergies with US and other Data Protection and Privacy Regulations and is advising on high profile projects such as ledger systems and product enhancements in the payment space. Sonja is is a C-suite leader with 20 years of international working experience in the financial sector in Data Privacy and Data Protection. She has managed large teams cross-border in various Corporate Banks and has been a global managing director of Compliance and Data Protection in the Fund Space, before her passion for digital transformation and progress has led her into the FinTech space where she is currently working as EU DPO for Upwork, the world largest marketplace promoting talent.