Academic, professional and international background
Virgílio Cervantes works in the fields of privacy, data protection, digital governance and regulatory compliance, combining academic, legal and operational experience across international environments.
His professional experience includes roles related to data protection within highly regulated and technologically complex environments, with particular focus on healthcare, international data transfers, governance frameworks and the operational implementation of the GDPR.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, international governance structures and organisations from both the public and private sectors, contributing to the development of sustainable models of accountability, risk management and data protection by design.
He holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Reading, where his research focused on Data Protection by Design and by Default and the practical operationalisation of the core principles of the GDPR.
