Niel Harper is deeply committed to ensuring that individuals and organizations consistently benefit from safety, privacy, security, reliability, and data ethics when using online platforms. He is currently the Chief Information Security Officer & Data Protection Officer at Doodle, a leading online scheduling cloud platform with 27 million users worldwide. He is also an Independent Director and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at ISACA, Independent Director at the ISACA Foundation, and sits on the Independent Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

He has held Chief Information Security Officer roles at INTERPOL (Lyon, France), United Nations Office for Project Services (Copenhagen, Denmark), Family Guardian Insurance (Nassau, Bahamas), and Bemol Digital (Manaus, Brazil). He has also served in senior leadership or advisory positions at global organizations such as Aspen Institute, AT&T Wireless, Bermuda Commercial Bank, Canonical, CARICOM Secretariat, CIBC, Deloitte Consulting, European Commission, and the Internet Society, among others.

Niel specialises in corporate governance, cybersecurity management, privacy program management, engineering management, enterprise risk management, and digital policy. He is the recipient of the ISC2 Global Achievement Award (2024), the International Security Journal (ISJ) Caribbean Security & Resilience Award (2021) and the ISACA Technology for Humanity Award (2021).

Recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2014) and by the Internet Society as a Next Generation Leader (2011). He previously served on the United Nations Information Security Special Interest Group (UNISSIG), participated on the Professional Standards Working Group of the UK Cyber Security Council, and contributed to the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Risk & Corporate Governance Working Group and Digital Trust Initiative.

Niel currently serves on the Independent Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and as an Independent Director and Vice-Chair, Board of Director at ISACA.

Niel holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Strathclyde specialising in privacy, cyber crime, and national security; Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Leicester; CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University; Executive Certificate in Cybersecurity Leadership and Strategy from Florida International University; and has completed executive programs at University of Oxford, Stanford University, Nanyang Technological University, and Boston University. Niel possesses key industry certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, and CISSP.

He has participated in panel discussions or delivered keynote addresses at more than 50 events and conferences, including the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions, Infosecurity Magazine Annual Summit, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Meeting, Internet Governance Forum (IGF), African Internet Summit (AIS), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, Caribbean Development Bank Dialogue Series, and many others. Niel has been featured on global media platforms such as Captive Insurance Times, Computer Weekly, CSO Online, IBM Security Intelligence, Infosecurity Magazine, KPMG Business Banking, Security Magazine.